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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion: ebuilds linked to kernel upgrade
From: John Mylchreest <johnm@gentoo.org>
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On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 17:31 -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> Actually, genkernel does have the --callback option, which runs an
> external command before finalizing the build.  We use it for building
> external modules and packages that require a configured kernel when
> building the releases, but I think adding an option to genkernel
> wouldn't be bad to do this for you.  We could add a command-line switch
> to genkernel to automatically rebuild any external modules after it has
> built the kernel.  We could use something like --autorebuild.  You could
> then do something like "genkernel --autorebuild all" to build your new
> kernel and automatically rebuild all of your external modules.

My thoughts exactly. And I'm sure a welcome addition.

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