From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5798D138247 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:53:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C1162E0C23; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:53:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f177.google.com (mail-we0-f177.google.com [74.125.82.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96660E0B9E for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:53:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f177.google.com with SMTP id u56so5105466wes.22 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:53:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WdUFzRrPmjtm1U2toxUjMUvy+kjAX3EIxCet4hX3C/M=; b=YnM9UAjn1omwFfusNSXA4JJwNuo7k3XoW0sosBcy+XLovO0bM5VmS6TZ4wXjJCxNtb EJdmXMr7XlzbdQLZaVi3BSjCvgOFqoD6gzAgPvPsCG64afjz/QoWwcjAFslOYM6OOq0h Oq9qBaqlhOIgTuEgQYBKHyyEh4uZGA/UsulpNytDZHNYZgJrW6KQlWrA5I/j5suePEln pKQggK5Gr1xP+SzAN2IAXSvBKWFQY6fiB3eM13c+g8rWJ0HikGmx9nBandtchs7K/sL8 elANxUaAxlD8keEKi1ONW+N3HlTbAUn0vA73tQOIe9aYeZgQF9A8AEzVPciVikNoO5pR 089A== X-Received: by 10.180.9.74 with SMTP id x10mr15540575wia.56.1387227181292; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:53:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.20.0.40] (196-210-126-64.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.126.64]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id n6sm29216175wix.3.2013.12.16.12.53.00 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:53:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52AF6828.5020404@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:52:56 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: make distclean References: <52AF54EC.4070303@gmail.com> <52AF56B7.4020200@mail.ru> <201312162028.52099.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <52AF6508.9050505@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52AF6508.9050505@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8dec3ed6-9bdc-47f6-9231-e3cd3eaa5e65 X-Archives-Hash: 559d408d9bf3c62b170184be44534405 On 16/12/2013 22:39, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > On 12/16/2013 10:28 PM, Mick wrote: >> On Monday 16 Dec 2013 19:57:30 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >>> On Dec 16, 2013 9:38 PM, "the" wrote: >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> On 12/16/13 23:30, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >>>>> Interesting option. Wish it had said it would nuke my .config as >>>>> well. Just finished setting it up. Thought I'd follow the advice >>>>> given before rebuilding the kernel. Should've backed up the .config >>>>> file prior to running 'make distclean'. >>>> Thanks for the heads up. >>>> Perhaps it's a good idea to include configuration in the binary >>> Sounds like good advice. Thought of this as well afterwards. >>> Thanks. >> Don't you save a copy of your kernel .config in /boot/ ? >> > Apparently not. > > Is this the recommended location for a backup copy of .conf? It's what you get when you run make install in the kernel source dir. If you install your kernel image manually, then you must remember to do it yourself. There is no "recommended location" as such - any old place is as good as any other place and the choice is really up to you, so a recommendation is pointless. But seeing as the kernel's Makefile makes a copy of the .config and System.map in /boot, it makes sense to follow that established pattern. Or you could just use make install -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com