[gentoo-user] The time has come (udev and kernel dependencies)

[gentoo-user] The time has come (udev and kernel dependencies)

[brullo nulla]

Hi,

I have a Gentoo install on my Macbook Pro ,which kernel I don't
upgrade often, to say the least, because I use it for work and I don't
have much time to tinker with all of it as I had once...

So it has settled with the first kernel which made things working,
which was late 2007 2.6.24-rc6

However emerge -puv world these days tells me:

 ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-fs/udev-141', 'merge') pulled in by
    sys-fs/udev required by ('installed', '/',
'net-wireless/bluez-utils-3.36', 'nomerge')
    sys-fs/udev required by ('ebuild', '/',
'sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.29-r5', 'merge')
    sys-fs/udev required by ('ebuild', '/',
'sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.29.5', 'merge')
    (and 4 more)

Does this mean that I need to install a new kernel to run udev-141 ?
Ok, I should run a new kernel *anyway* ... at this point the question
is: when I update the kernel, I can use the old udev-124-r1 until I
install the new one?

I googled but the only clear reference I found was in Polish, that is
not exactly a language I am accustomed with...

Thanks!

m.

Re: [gentoo-user] The time has come (udev and kernel dependencies)

[bn]

Neil Bothwick ha scritto:
> On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:37:28 +0100, brullo nulla wrote:
> 
>> Does this mean that I need to install a new kernel to run udev-141 ?
>> Ok, I should run a new kernel *anyway* ... at this point the question
>> is: when I update the kernel, I can use the old udev-124-r1 until I
>> install the new one?
> 
> You can install and build the later kernel, then install the new udev
> before you reboot, so you'll never need to run the new kernel with the
> old udev.

Good suggestion, even if I fear a lot updating *both* and if something
fails after reboot, have to diagnose "is my hardware not recognized
because of udev or because of the kernel" ?

Brr.

Re: [gentoo-user] The time has come (udev and kernel dependencies)

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:37:28 +0100, brullo nulla wrote:

> Does this mean that I need to install a new kernel to run udev-141 ?
> Ok, I should run a new kernel *anyway* ... at this point the question
> is: when I update the kernel, I can use the old udev-124-r1 until I
> install the new one?

You can install and build the later kernel, then install the new udev
before you reboot, so you'll never need to run the new kernel with the
old udev.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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