From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mono.mweb.co.za (mono.mweb.co.za [196.2.53.170]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3510020ED9BB for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:33:34 -0600 (CST) Received: from [196.30.179.70] (helo=nosferatu.lan) by mono.mweb.co.za with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16mIkf-0002fa-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:17:58 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] One more note on Install Instructions From: Martin Schlemmer To: Gentoo-Dev In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020416135248.00b2e6d8@mindspring.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020416135248.00b2e6d8@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 Date: 16 Mar 2002 20:29:52 +0200 Message-Id: <1016303393.11041.2.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 7a42075c-fc2b-4437-aec1-b98338ccb247 X-Archives-Hash: c7e92e842d15b47337140ecb41783487 On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 20:01, Michael Lang wrote: > It seems that by default, Kernel 2.4.18 is being built and yet everyone > seems to be advising to downgrade to 2.4.17. I personally think that as > you go to release 1.0, we should have instructions for building the latest > *stable* release of the kernel rather than grabbing the latest experimental > kernel (or whatever y'all call 2.4.18)...athough I am not so sure about: > > ebuild /usr/portage/sys-kernel/linux-source/linux-sources-2.4.17.rc5.ebuild > merge # emerge =sys-kernel/linux-sources-2.4.17-r5 would be the better/shorter form. > > ...as a cmd to document in install instructs. Maybe a better option is to > roll up the first four commands from Code Listing 24 (First code listing of > "Installing the Kernel and Sys logger") into a script that queries the > directories under sys-kernel and prompts user to pick which version to ebuild. > > Any thoughts? > > Michael > > "All things should be as simple as possible, but no simpler" -- Albert Einstein > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev -- Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa