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On Freitag, 31. August 2007, Daniel da Veiga wrote: |
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> On 8/31/07, Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> |
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wrote: |
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> > On Freitag, 31. August 2007, Steen Eugen Poulsen wrote: |
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> > > And to the lies: |
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> > > |
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> > > Lie: |
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> > > because I have seen more than one non-booting totally f* up kernel |
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> > > created by |
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> > > genkernel. I won't touch it ever again. If something sucked in the |
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> > > past, the |
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> > > change is great that it sucks again in the future. Plus it doesn't |
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> > > really make things easier, does it? |
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> > > |
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> > > |
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> > > Thats a LIE, genkernel DOES not have ANY inteligence to create .config |
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> > > for kernels, why is he spreading FUD about it creating "f* up" kernels. |
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> > |
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> > exactly, genkernel has no intelligence. So there is no reason to use it. |
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> > |
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> > > Lie 2: It doesn't make things easier. |
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> > > |
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> > > It does make things easier, again he is confusing automagic .config |
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> > > creation with what genkernel can help with. The tool automate the task |
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> > > involved in compiling kernels and/or maintaining multiple |
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> > > configurations. And the Vol fellow really should start using genkernel |
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> > > as his comment clearly demonstrate he does not take appropriate caution |
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> > > to ensure that the kernel source is in a sane state between compiles. |
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> > |
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> > and how is make oldconfig && make all modules_install install harder to |
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> > do than anything genkernel does? |
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> It doesn't rename to the version you're using, |
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it creates symlinks to the kernel installed and *.old symlinks to the old |
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files. So it does not need to rename anything. |
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> it doesn't keep |
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> different configs for different versions, |
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no, because this configs are allready there. |
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> doesn't mount /boot |
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ok, it doesn't. |
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