From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org)
by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62)
(envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-64593-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>)
id 1HtEox-0002iX-0t
for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 30 May 2007 03:25:59 +0000
Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4U3Oe9q001950;
Wed, 30 May 2007 03:24:40 GMT
Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.243])
by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4U3K7RT029673
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 30 May 2007 03:20:09 GMT
Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c8so671454ana
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 29 May 2007 20:20:06 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed;
d=gmail.com; s=beta;
h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references;
b=VNHJixkYLlJjrryoSmh7Um19yUOtvi9ASgsLwLs75JCX+a/qzm8Oqo1oLmFHcTSv7gH9xsZRsPITKsPOSs+P3RcmrEfw7wBs73GrQatqAb25B9Ie/gOQg1EqwTtbAYupGhtKPO9tTH/bupGY4hljZXjpTdFah9H1G7RaMgGaLxM=
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws;
d=gmail.com; s=beta;
h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references;
b=dc9X97Me7zBZ18TYuTyzwM4yWAYHuroEK9uZg3IfUR3K/tynG1DbMqzTKjXj8/EUZHCIUWITCPzDjIN6GnJfsIE0AciPmVWnYaKLJSqNYyyXx7SqU4o1cZLm5/qL8A58RmWf4aRa+W98MnbOOKam3usvZZ55Jh2R+BFMD8GSMp4=
Received: by 10.100.206.11 with SMTP id d11mr5632414ang.1180495206840;
Tue, 29 May 2007 20:20:06 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.100.37.16 with HTTP; Tue, 29 May 2007 20:20:06 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <9acccfe50705292020peb200e8jc12c0036ff64cc30@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 20:20:06 -0700
From: "Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org, Denis <denis.che@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
In-Reply-To: <d9a0a6da0705291819n4d747880w3d21818ace8e400d@mail.gmail.com>
Precedence: bulk
List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org>
List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org>
X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org
Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
References: <d9a0a6da0705290701gad7635fka08a7b9ae103572f@mail.gmail.com>
<465CC27A.7030405@westnet.com.au>
<d9a0a6da0705291819n4d747880w3d21818ace8e400d@mail.gmail.com>
X-Archives-Salt: e4037db2-f893-49ad-ab04-23c4882ec42c
X-Archives-Hash: 1be56340f26f1589a9cc634f16a165f0
On 5/29/07, Denis <denis.che@gmail.com> wrote:
> I usually dread kernel updates because then I have to go through
> kernel menuconfig all over again, and for me, that takes some time. I
> guess one can reuse the old .config file, but I understand it's not
> always a safe thing to do. Is it reasonably ok to wait for every
> "major" 2.6.x release to update, or is it necessary to update on every
> minor 2.6.x.y release also?
You can use the old .config safely if you "make oldconfig" before
anything else. It will prompt you for replies to any new things,
and quietly ditch anything it doesn't recognize. I've been doing this
for years. I mostly reply "no" to all the prompts, but sometimes the
new stuff is interesting.
++ kevin
--
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
--
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list