[gentoo-user] 'make install' hijacked by installkernel ?

[gentoo-user] 'make install' hijacked by installkernel ?

[Adam Carter]

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I just tried to install a new kernel using 'make install' only to find that
the behaviour has changed and it appears to be running a bunch on
installkernel stuff.

'make help' says
  install - Install kernel using (your) ~/bin/installkernel or
 (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or install to
 $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo

So I guess that I want the 'install to  $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
behaviour that i'm used to. How to i get 'make install' to ignore
/sbin/installkernel ?

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Re: [gentoo-user] 'make install' hijacked by installkernel ?

[Philip Webb]

240126 Adam Carter wrote:
> I just tried to install a new kernel using 'make install'
> only to find that the behaviour has changed
> and it appears to be running a bunch on installkernel stuff.
> 
> 'make help' says
>   install - Install kernel using (your) ~/bin/installkernel or
>    (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or install to
>  $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo
> 
> So I guess that I want the 'install to  $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
> behaviour that i'm used to.
> How to i get 'make install' to ignore /sbin/installkernel ?

I too just installed a new kernel (6.6.13).  My notes told me to do :

  make && make firmware_install && make modules_install
  mount /boot
  cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-<nn>-gentoo-r<n>
  cp System.map /boot/System.map-<nn>-gentoo-r<n>

which worked with the appropriate version numbers inserted,
but not before it choked on 'make firmware_install', which has disappeared.
I too use Lilo, a simple + reliable boot manager.

I have long wondered why the compile stage takes so long :
it compiles innumerable  .o  files,
which seem to involve config options I haven't chosen.
The new kernel image is size  17633728  via 'ls -l /boot' : is that correct ?
It does indeed boot & there are no changes in behaviour.

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Re: [gentoo-user] 'make install' hijacked by installkernel ?

[Arve Barsnes]

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 10:55, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I just tried to install a new kernel using 'make install' only to find that the behaviour has changed and it appears to be running a bunch on installkernel stuff.
>
> 'make help' says
>   install - Install kernel using (your) ~/bin/installkernel or
>  (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or install to
>  $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo
>
> So I guess that I want the 'install to  $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo' behaviour that i'm used to. How to i get 'make install' to ignore /sbin/installkernel ?

I think 'make install' has always called installkernel, but this was
previously provided by sys-apps/debianutils. For reasons that I
haven't investigated too much, this is now 'forked' and provided by
the installkernel package, so as I understand it, having the
installkernel binary provides the behaviour that you're used to.

Regards,
Arve

Re: [gentoo-user] 'make install' hijacked by installkernel ?

[Alan J. Wylie]

Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com> writes:

> I just tried to install a new kernel using 'make install' only to find that
> the behaviour has changed and it appears to be running a bunch on
> installkernel stuff.
>
> 'make help' says
>   install - Install kernel using (your) ~/bin/installkernel or
>  (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or install to
>  $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo
>
> So I guess that I want the 'install to  $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
> behaviour that i'm used to. How to i get 'make install' to ignore
> /sbin/installkernel ?

I had to change the use flags

sys-kernel/installkernel	-dracut -systemd

With "dracut", it now ran dracut automatically, duplicating my install
script.

With "systemd", it installed the new kernel in a subdirectory of /boot,
named by 32 random hex characters and also created a "loader"
subdirectory.

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Re: [gentoo-user] 'make install' hijacked by installkernel ?

[Daniel Pielmeier]

Adam Carter schrieb am 26.01.24 um 10:55:
> I just tried to install a new kernel using 'make install' only to find that
> the behaviour has changed and it appears to be running a bunch on
> installkernel stuff.
> 
> 'make help' says
>    install - Install kernel using (your) ~/bin/installkernel or
>   (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or install to
>   $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo
> 
> So I guess that I want the 'install to  $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
> behaviour that i'm used to. How to i get 'make install' to ignore
> /sbin/installkernel ?
> 

There is a news item related to installkernel [1]. Probably worth 
reading it!

[1] 
https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.html

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Regards
Daniel