Re: [gentoo-user] trying to find old kernel ebuild

[Bill Kenworthy]

On 14/1/19 10:27 pm, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:47 AM Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>     I am trying to find the ebuild and files  for
>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.18.20 but as its no longer in the tree I
>> checked the attic but it looks like it is only cvs and no longer in use
>> for git.
>>
>> I couldnt find gentoo sources in the server linked to from the cvs
>> attic. Is there an equivalent to the attic for git, or a stanza to
>> retrieve it?
> If you have a git checkout, then chdir to the package directory, and
> run "git whatchanged ." and search for the ebuild filename in the
> output to find the commit where it was removed, then go one commit
> further and check out that commit.
>
> If you want to do it on the web I'd:
>
> 1.  go to https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/
> 2.  Click tree
> 3.  Navigate to the desired package directory
> 4.  Hit log
> 5.  Search for 4.18.20 if what you are looking for isn't in the last
> page, or feel free to browse the history.
> 6.  Click on the most recent commit of interest.
> 7. Find the ebuild in the commit, and click on its filename to get the
> full contents of the ebuild.
> 8.  Click on the plain button next to the blob ID to get the raw
> ebuild.  For convenience it is:
> https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/gentoo-sources-4.18.20.ebuild?id=966dc9c8c004d79b02cb0250ecef65974164f295
>
> If you're interested in running non-Gentoo-supported kernel series
> though I'd suggest just using the upstream kernel repo directly.  Then
> you have access to upstream releases when they are released, even if
> that series never gets a Gentoo ebuild.
>
> However, either way you ought to understand what you're doing.  4.18
> is not supported by upstream or Gentoo.  The kernel will obviously
> work the way it always did, but if there is a security update/etc you
> won't get it.  If you want to avoid significant kernel changes you
> should try to settle on a longterm kernel, like 4.14 or 4.19, and then
> just stick with it until a more recent longterm is appropriate.  Those
> get incremental stable updates for a long time.
>
> I think Gentoo's intent is to keep stable following a longterm branch,
> but there were some issues with a recent longterm that probably has
> derailed this a bit.  I'm not on the kernel team so you're better off
> going to them if there are questions.  If you want to not have to
> worry about maintenance then you should either follow upstream or
> Gentoo, and setting out on your own should only be done to bisect
> issues or when you know what you're doing...
>
Hi Rich, unfortunately 4.18.20 is the last one that supports the ipts
patch set (surface pro4 touch screen) ... its flaky, bu the earlier ones
are even worse so going to a LT kernel isnt really useful.  I hope they
can get a 4.19 or 4.20 patch set up soon, but apparently kernel changes
have made it difficult. 4.19 without touch does work with only minor
problems, but of course with no touch screen.

BillK