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On Sunday 12 April 2009 21:31:42 Joseph wrote: |
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> I would like to protect the current kernel as well, will statement in |
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> make.conf works? CONFIG_PROTECT="/usr/src/linux/*" |
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> I've not test it yet. |
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No, that will not work as no existing files are being overwritten. |
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To ensure that a kernel sources are never touched by --declean, add them to |
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world, as in |
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emerge gentoo-sources-2.6.29 |
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If it's already installed but not in world use -1 to tell portage not to go |
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through the install process, but just add it to world. Or just edit the world |
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file by hand. |
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Or you could just let --depclean remove it. Ask yourself this: Once you have |
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built a kernel, installed it, and built all the out-of-tree modules, how often |
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do you go back and use those sources again? For most people the true answer is |
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"very seldom, if ever". |
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/usr/src tends to get very big very quick if not kept under control, each |
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version comes in at about 500M or so. That can fill /usr quite quickly. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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