Re: [gentoo-kernel] Notice of addition of "4567_distro-Gentoo-Kconfig.patch" ("Add Gentoo Linux support config settings and defaults.") to genpatches.

[Tom Wijsman]

On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:00:19 +0200
Justin <jlec@g.o> wrote:

> On 15/08/13 19:28, Tom Wijsman wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> >
> >
> > If you maintain kernels based on genpatches for a non Gentoo Linux
> > audience and do not want a Gentoo Linux menu or Gentoo Linux
> > defaults present on those particular kernels; then I want to make
> > you aware that you need to ensure that you drop
> > 4567_distro-Gentoo-Kconfig.patch from the patch set after
> > extraction.
> >
>
> How about adding this patch to an extra tarball so that we can simply
> switch it of be not setting it in K_WANT_GENPATCHES?

This complicates the eclass, genpatches scripts and all in tree ebuilds
for a single patch in a single tarball; why not just exclude it if you
explicitly don't want it? It's not much more than your proposal; so,
excluding the patch seems like a much more simpler approach.

Alternatively, people can add a patch that patches away ./Kconfig:11.

This is also meant to be opt-out and not opt-in; as in the end, this
change causes documentation changes and thus must be present in any
kernel on Gentoo Linux, otherwise we are introducing inconsistency.

-- 
With kind regards,

Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
Gentoo Developer

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