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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: james <garftd@×××××××.net> |
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> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 21:36 |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] old kernel on Gentoo |
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> On 6/17/20 12:52 PM, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: |
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> > Hello, |
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> > I might need to build and run an old 3.x kernel on a Desktop PC for |
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> > some very specific tests. Would Gentoo be a good solution? |
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> > I see that currently gentoo-sources only includes 4.x and 5.x sources. |
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> > Thanks, |
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> > raffaele |
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> I use a 3.18.40 kernel, currently, on one of my AMD systems. It has |
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> thousands of source build packages, not only from portage but many others. |
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What about the rest of the system, in particular GCC and the C libraries? Do you manage to build the 3.x kernel with up to date system or do you need to ''freeze'' some packages? |
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Thanks, |
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raffaele |
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