RE: [gentoo-sparc] Re: 2.6 kernel

> > That doesn't mean you can't play with it, though. Just pull it down
> > and compile it. It's rather frustrating, but it's good
> practice, no?
> > Who doesn't like compiling kernels on a 166MHz SPARC?
> >
> > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~sparc" emerge -f --oneshot gentoo-sources
> >
> > should get you the latest 2.6.15-r5. Tweak command line as
> needed for
> > other versions.
>
> Please don't use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS, it's generally bad, you've
> got package.keywords (man 5 portage) as a better solution.
> That said 2.6 kernels don't work fine in the stability
> department, lately it seems only SBUS-based machines are the
> ones affected.
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/sparc/sunhw.xml is a work
> in progress hardware compatibility list where you can check
> how things are going on the 2.6 front.
> Of course it's still incomplete and feedback is welcome.
> Don't say "excellent stability on X" unless you really did
> extensive tests.

If you want Portage to actually manage a package, yes, I agree completely,
you should NOT use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS. 

If you just want to use portage to grab the files for you (-f --oneshot),
then, heck, just throw in ACCEPT_KEYWORDS. You'll still have to manually
move things around and compile them, so where is the problem?

If he *did* put "~sparc" in his package.keywords file for gentoo-sources,
then he would be, in effect, telling portage that he specifically wants to
be able to use the ~ versions and he accepts the responsibility thereof. And
Portage will then dutifully keep him updated on all new updates to this
package.

How else would you "beta test" a package? I've been using this method for
about two years and I have found it to work well for me. If I really want to
use the package later on, I put it in the correct package.* file and make it
"official".

On a second point, thanks for the above HCL pointer. I'll add notes on my
U30 this weekend.

Bill
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