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On Thu, 2021-02-11 at 11:17 +0000, Wols Lists wrote: |
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> When you do a sync, it pulls down the latest version of kernel source. I |
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> don't do it all the time, but you really ought to upgrade to 5.4.92. |
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To expound on this, the 4.19 kernel IS still supported, both by |
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upstream and gentoo sources. If n952162 (OP) desires, they can stick |
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with this major version and use 4.19.175, which is the latest release |
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of that version. You are correct though; an upgrade is recommended, |
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since there are always security patches going into the trunk. |
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> What I do (can't remember exactly because my live system hasn't been |
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> upgraded since forever :-) is copy .config from the old kernel to the |
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> new, and then is it "make oldconfig"? Either way, it configures the new |
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> kernel using the old config file so all my local-specific stuff is kept. |
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This is what I do as well. If you don't want to be prompted for new |
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symbols, instead accepting the defaults, you can use "make |
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olddefconfig" instead. |
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> (I *THINK* your old config will still be left lying around - as a |
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> locally modified file it shouldn't be cleaned up ...) |
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Correct. Depcleaning gentoo-sources will leave any user-generated |
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files inside the src directory, including the .config file. |
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Unfortunately it also leaves behind the build artifacts there, so its |
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good to clean up /usr/src/ from time to time. |
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