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Hi! |
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On Wed, 04 Jul 2012, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> There's a very simple yet custom solution I'm using. Shortly saying: |
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> checkout the kernel git to /usr/src/linux and chown to your user. As |
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> far as it goes, it's superior to having kernel sources installed by |
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> ebuilds. |
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> I just have to remember to do 'git fetch' from time to time and 'git |
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> merge' whenever a new version is tagged. |
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It is also beyond the package manager's control. That means users |
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who want to just configure their kernel (and run point releases |
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otherwise) have to actively check for new tags/versions. |
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Aside from that the git tree is not exactly lightweight: my |
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current 2.6 checkout weighs in at 1.4G whereas the unpacked tar |
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is 512M. |
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I'll amend the blog post, though. |
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Regards, |
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Tobias |
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Sent from aboard the Culture ship |
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GSV Just Read The Instructions |
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