From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24723 invoked by uid 1002); 4 Oct 2003 13:51:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 21976 invoked from network); 4 Oct 2003 13:51:08 -0000 Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 15:50:49 +0200 From: Patrick =?ISO-8859-1?Q?B=F6rjesson?= To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-Id: <20031004155049.2cb4b328.psycho@rift.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <200310041341.10139.stuart@gentoo.org> References: <3F7D4315.1020900@gentoo.org> <200310040356.47985.luke-jr@gentoo.org> <200310041329.36931.jasonbstubbs@mailandnews.com> <200310041341.10139.stuart@gentoo.org> Organization: HiS X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Sat__4_Oct_2003_15_50_49_+0200_=Gnnqe8IRJteK7PH" Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Speaking of new kernels being added to the tree X-Archives-Salt: 9a35ab40-f723-493f-9563-67dceb1e08bd X-Archives-Hash: 9d960bba438a9611e26aafb3b76ab27b --Signature=_Sat__4_Oct_2003_15_50_49_+0200_=Gnnqe8IRJteK7PH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > The day that Gentoo *forces* me to use a kernel auto-magically > configured and compiled for me through an 'emerge' is the day that > Gentoo joins my RedHat CDs in the bin. >=20 > Just because I'm emerged any particular set of kernel sources does > *not* mean that a) I want that kernel adding to lilo/grub yet, and b) > that my box has everything else in place to boot and run that kernel. >=20 > It's not broken, so please don't try to fix it. >=20 > Why can't this just be left alone?!? I totally agree! I've always thought of genkernel as a tool for those not "competent" enough to compile the kernel by them selves... As such I don't think it should be something that is used by default but rather something that gets mentioned in the install-docs, and not forced on users. Patrick B=F6rjesson --=20 Public key id: 4C5AB0BF Public key available at search.keyserver.net[:11371] --Signature=_Sat__4_Oct_2003_15_50_49_+0200_=Gnnqe8IRJteK7PH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ftA9oil/ZExasL8RAlnnAJ9CE8SSto1iy6PVDLc9LeLKPB3CmACgrud0 84yEXdDtEAmrumarcsfWZ1k= =pWF6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sat__4_Oct_2003_15_50_49_+0200_=Gnnqe8IRJteK7PH--