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On 10/26/2014 03:47 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> Am 26.10.2014 um 20:09 schrieb Alexander Kapshuk: |
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>> I've been using gentoo-sources for a while now. |
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>> I remember reading on this list about some users using alternative |
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>> kernels on their gentoo systems. My understanding is that amongst some |
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>> of the other alternatives, besides the genkernel, which I'm not |
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>> interested in using, are vanilla-sources available in the portage |
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>> tree, and the sources available on kernel.org. |
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>> I'd appreciate being given some pointers on how the folk here maintain |
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>> their alternative kernels. |
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>> Thanks. |
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>> . |
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> I let portage update the vanilla-sources and once in a while a build and |
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> install a new kernel. At the moment I am on 3.12.23. Maybe I install |
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> 3.12.30 tonight. If I find a good reason to do so. |
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What happens when you run `emerge --depclean`? |
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I always un-keyword the exact version of vanilla-sources that I'm |
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running since I update and depclean on a weekly basis. I'm not a huge |
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fan of having a bunch of kernels under /usr/src/linux-* but only having |
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a couple of them compiled, but to each his own I guess. |
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Alec |
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