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On 2016-08-15 15:04 +0500, Azamat Hackimov wrote: |
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> Well, at least for me it's much easier just type |
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> genkernel --oldconfig=/etc/kernels/<someconfig> |
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> than |
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> cp <path-to-oldconfig> config |
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> make oldconfig |
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> make |
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> make modules |
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> make install |
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> <some quirk command to make initramfs> |
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> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
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One reason why I might prefer the second alternative is that I don't |
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have to be root except for the install and grub steps. |
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I actually wrote my own shell based tool to simplify these tasks, with a |
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"subcommand" structure, ie. "genbuild config", "sudo genbuild |
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installkernel" etc. It does call on genkernel to build the initramfs |
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because I didn't know about dracut at the time. Now I'm considering |
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redoing it. |
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So, can anyone explain why dracut is better than genkernel for _that_ |
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particular subtask? |
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