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 1S13KT-0000h8-HW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:09:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED3C4E0AC9; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:09:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f53.google.com (mail-pw0-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56DDCE0AC9 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:08:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbbrq13 with SMTP id rq13so3713045pbb.40 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:08:14 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of ny6p01@gmail.com designates 10.68.219.232 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.68.219.232; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of ny6p01@gmail.com designates 10.68.219.232 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=ny6p01@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=ny6p01@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.68.219.232]) by 10.68.219.232 with SMTP id pr8mr12808482pbc.12.1330121294795 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:08:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=lsmgi0Bea2fKoc75NTYron4r2KxPLUsumh+xlxwwZn4=; b=cvlYZB9LcPT/R4gN5Ld9Y7l+a6emtMNk21YM3PuxZ8WER6NYf7gbzms79/WEMltu/o 3TjKb+qppEow40gruLXoqpi4N4hzHfgrGQHuQ8gAZTifO5EvPRxxq5TqW3Cjv8om6e7C 2M4iEBrqUDldFXCsGQFEFvRwjXvAiqh/X4xM4= Received: by 10.68.219.232 with SMTP id pr8mr10539678pbc.12.1330121294764; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:08:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from badass.gateway.2wire.net (adsl-69-108-26-75.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net. [69.108.26.75]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q1sm5382808pbq.68.2012.02.24.14.08.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:08:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:08:19 -0800 From: ny6p01@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness Message-ID: <20120224220818.GA27406@badass.gateway.2wire.net> References: <4F45F490.2020504@waagmeester.co.za> <201202230826.00642.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4F45FE1F.9070006@waagmeester.co.za> <20120223091734.2aa3d6d0@hactar.digimed.co.uk> 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-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120223091734.2aa3d6d0@hactar.digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 0dc939c3-594a-4c17-9801-d19f74ad93ce X-Archives-Hash: 403094ae2c2f16c5aaaf4c4426ae86a3 On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 09:17:34AM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:51:43 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > The only thing I can currently think of is maybe the kernel config > > files in /boot? > > I'd say it's more likely to be getting it from /proc/config.gz. > > But why start with a clean config each time? That means you have plenty > of opportunities to produce a broken kernel on every update. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > This is as bad as it can get; but don't bet on it. yea, I was thinking along those line, too. If I had to start from scratch each update, what a chore that would be! Terry