Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel vs kernel manual compilation

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

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

it creates symlinks to the kernel installed and *.old symlinks to the old 
files. So it does not need to rename anything.

> it doesn't keep 
> different configs for different versions,

no, because this configs are allready there.

> doesn't mount /boot 

ok, it doesn't.
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