From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OkgcV-0005TE-0l for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:03:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A985FE07DB for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:03:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from etch.riddlemaster.org (riddlemaster.org [209.170.146.89]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92136E055D for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:16:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merlin ([192.168.2.12] helo=merlin.localnet) by etch.riddlemaster.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OkfsN-0001oA-7V for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:16:02 -0400 From: Daniel D Jones To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] genkernel without oldconfig Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:15:57 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.3 (Linux/2.6.31-gentoo-r6; KDE/4.4.4; i686; ; ) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201008151215.57903.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-Spam_score_int: -9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: Spam detection software, running on the system "etch.riddlemaster.org", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Is there any way to run genkernel without it running the oldconfig command? I can work around the issue by saving my .config file to a different name, then using --xconfig and loading the saved file but it would be nice to just tell it not to alter the existing .config file. It may be that I'm just missing it but man pages and Google have not provided a solution. [...] Content analysis details: (-1.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.0 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP X-Archives-Salt: 03b1bc68-4dd9-4179-8862-0d6525dc3d26 X-Archives-Hash: 07c2e8fe56dc591f1b5b243342a9b18d Is there any way to run genkernel without it running the oldconfig command? I can work around the issue by saving my .config file to a different name, then using --xconfig and loading the saved file but it would be nice to just tell it not to alter the existing .config file. It may be that I'm just missing it but man pages and Google have not provided a solution. -- "It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously." - H.L. Mencken