Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] can genkernel install files with different names?
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 21:37:20
Message-Id: 1808258.KcKDijzxi3@peak
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] can genkernel install files with different names? by Neil Bothwick
1 On Wednesday, 23 October 2019 17:21:50 BST Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:18:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
3 > > > Yes. It also updates symlinks to all three if you are already using
4 > > > symlinks.
5 > >
6 > > Make install doesn't use symlinks here. This is a UEFI box with /boot
7 > > formatted FAT32, so the three files are copied, not linked to.
8 >
9 > "if you are already using symlinks". It only updates the symlinks if
10 > they already exist, it won't try to create them from scratch, even if the
11 > filesystem supports it.
12
13 Ah. I missed that. These have been a long four days of wrestling, once again,
14 with UEFI booting. A topic for another day.
15
16 --
17 Regards,
18 Peter.