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From: Paul <set@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Three questions about making a backup of Gentoo.
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 01:26:32
Message-Id: 20020414022902.L3603@squish.home.loc
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Three questions about making a backup of Gentoo. by George Shapovalov
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3 > > 3) If I unmerge the kernel source, will that affect the running kernel?
4 > > Will it mess up future package installs?
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6 George Shapovalov <georges@×××××××××××.edu>, on Sat Apr 13, 2002 [08:42:23 PM] said:
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8 > No and yes for some. You will need kernel-headers to compile some system libs
9 > such as glibc.
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11 > George
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14 Hi;
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16 Minor nit.
17 The kernel headers used by the general system are a
18 separate package from the kernel sources. If unmerging the kernel
19 source removes them, then that is a bug. (It doesnt for me.)
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21 Paul
22 set@×××××.com

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