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on 01/30/2014 12:50 AM Alan McKinnon wrote the following: |
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>> On 30/01/2014 00:14, Thanasis wrote: |
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>> Yea, but I think, this is the case for *all* packages, not only kernel |
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>> sources, at least until now, isn't it? |
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> No, not at all. |
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> Kernels are different and portage treats them very differently. |
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> Everything else gets sane defaults that you can tweak if you want to, or |
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> leave as-is if you don't. With kernels, you do not have this choice - |
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> you MUST tweak and customize it to get something that even runs at all. |
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> OK, maybe bootloaders are also a bit special too.. |
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> There is no common basis of comparison between kernels and everything |
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> else, that is how different they are. Sort of like saying rabbits work |
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> like horses because they both have 4 legs. Yes, the bit about legs is |
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> true but it also completely misses the point - there's no realistic |
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> situation in everyday life where a rabbit works like a horse. |
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> You are just going to have to face it - kernels are special. You either |
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> deal with them The Gentoo Way, or run Ubuntu. Even genkernel doesn't |
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> change this - all genkernel does is defer that same action onto someone |
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> else, but the actions remain the same. |
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You are right, and I am not arguing about that. Of course kernels *are* |
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and have *always* been treated differently, than other packages. |
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All I wanted to say is, that even for other SLOTed packages, there is no |
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option in general (except for the special cases where VARIABLES are |
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assigned values in make.conf) for the user to choose to "follow" a |
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number of specific "subseries" of versions of a package. |
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