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From: ny6p01@×××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:09:29
Message-Id: 20120224220818.GA27406@badass.gateway.2wire.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness by Neil Bothwick
1 On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 09:17:34AM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:51:43 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote:
3 >
4 > > The only thing I can currently think of is maybe the kernel config
5 > > files in /boot?
6 >
7 > I'd say it's more likely to be getting it from /proc/config.gz.
8 >
9 > But why start with a clean config each time? That means you have plenty
10 > of opportunities to produce a broken kernel on every update.
11 >
12 >
13 > --
14 > Neil Bothwick
15 >
16 > This is as bad as it can get; but don't bet on it.
17
18
19 yea, I was thinking along those line, too. If I had to start from scratch
20 each update, what a chore that would be!
21
22 Terry