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 1Oko8c-0001p2-SK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:05:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CAF48E081C for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:05:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from etch.riddlemaster.org (riddlemaster.org [209.170.146.89]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62BCCE078A for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:32:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merlin ([192.168.2.12] helo=merlin.localnet) by etch.riddlemaster.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Okncu-0004AB-3Q for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:32:32 -0400 From: Daniel D Jones To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel without oldconfig Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:32:31 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.34-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.4.5; i686; ; ) References: <201008151215.57903.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> <20100815184506.40e6f57b@marcec.huntemann.uni-oldenburg.de> In-Reply-To: <20100815184506.40e6f57b@marcec.huntemann.uni-oldenburg.de> 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="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201008152032.31357.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: On Sunday, August 15, 2010 12:45:06 Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:15:57 -0400 > > schrieb Daniel D Jones : > > 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. > > Yes, the configuration file has an appropriate option: > > # Run 'make oldconfig' before compiling this kernel? > OLDCONFIG="no" > > HTH [...] 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: 06e6fbf6-c00b-498c-82f0-700ad2812a2a X-Archives-Hash: 291a3f94e6bc43d693a8094eb33156a1 On Sunday, August 15, 2010 12:45:06 Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:15:57 -0400 > > schrieb Daniel D Jones : > > 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. > > Yes, the configuration file has an appropriate option: > > # Run 'make oldconfig' before compiling this kernel? > OLDCONFIG="no" > > HTH It did indeed help. I was looking for a command line argument. Didn't even think of the config file. Thank you! -- "It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts." - Addison Walker