* Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel vs kernel manual compilation
@ 2007-08-31 21:38 99% ` Volker Armin Hemmann
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From: Volker Armin Hemmann @ 2007-08-31 21:38 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Freitag, 31. August 2007, Steen Eugen Poulsen wrote:
>
> And to the lies:
>
> Lie:
> because I have seen more than one non-booting totally f* up kernel
> created by
> genkernel. I won't touch it ever again. If something sucked in the past,
> the
> change is great that it sucks again in the future. Plus it doesn't really
> make things easier, does it?
>
>
> Thats a LIE, genkernel DOES not have ANY inteligence to create .config
> for kernels, why is he spreading FUD about it creating "f* up" kernels.
exactly, genkernel has no intelligence. So there is no reason to use it.
>
> Lie 2: It doesn't make things easier.
>
> It does make things easier, again he is confusing automagic .config
> creation with what genkernel can help with. The tool automate the task
> involved in compiling kernels and/or maintaining multiple
> configurations. And the Vol fellow really should start using genkernel
> as his comment clearly demonstrate he does not take appropriate caution
> to ensure that the kernel source is in a sane state between compiles.
and how is make oldconfig && make all modules_install install harder to do
than anything genkernel does?
oh, it isn't? genkernel is just another step that can go wrong.
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