Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 14 May 2022 14:51:52 +0200, n952162 wrote: > >> Well, I'm not, that's what I'm trying to do.  But I'd like to do it the >> way I've done it for years rather using some new facility. >> >> Can genkernel do it?  I built my kernel just now according to >>

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2022-05-14 Thread Peter Humphrey
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Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 14 May 2022 14:51:52 +0200, n952162 wrote: > Well, I'm not, that's what I'm trying to do.  But I'd like to do it the > way I've done it for years rather using some new facility. > > Can genkernel do it?  I built my kernel just now according to >

Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread n952162
On 5/14/22 12:52, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: Samstag, 14. Mai 2022 11:37: I don't get it. Why should something built with rust require a boot packaging tool that also requires rust? That's like saying, if a facility has a python component, the whole facility needs to be distributed with pip.

Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread n952162
On 5/14/22 12:36, Dale wrote: n952162 wrote: On 5/14/22 10:44, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: Samstag, 14. Mai 2022 10:00: I never needed to use cargo before, to update my kernel.  In what way is cargo better than earlier mechanisms to build initramfs? With cargo being rust's package manager, I'd

Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread n952162
Thank you. On 5/14/22 12:36, Dale wrote: n952162 wrote: On 5/14/22 10:44, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: Samstag, 14. Mai 2022 10:00: I never needed to use cargo before, to update my kernel.  In what way is cargo better than earlier mechanisms to build initramfs? With cargo being rust's package

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2022-05-14 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On Wed, 2022-05-11 at 20:22 -0400, Mansour Al Akeel wrote: > I am trying to avoid installing rust and prevent emerge --update > --deep world from installing it again. > How to do this ? > 1. Switch away from Mozilla products. Evolution is a great Thunderbird alternative, and Epiphany is a

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Samstag, 14. Mai 2022 11:37: > I don't get it. Why should something built with rust require a boot > packaging tool that also requires rust? That's like saying, if a > facility has a python component, the whole facility needs to be > distributed with pip. > Can anyone tell me where the

Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread Dale
n952162 wrote: > On 5/14/22 10:44, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: >> Samstag, 14. Mai 2022 10:00: >> >>> I never needed to use cargo before, to update my kernel.  In what >>> way is >>> cargo better than earlier mechanisms to build initramfs? >> >> With cargo being rust's package manager, I'd hazard the

Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread n952162
On 5/14/22 10:44, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: Samstag, 14. Mai 2022 10:00: I never needed to use cargo before, to update my kernel.  In what way is cargo better than earlier mechanisms to build initramfs? With cargo being rust's package manager, I'd hazard the guess that you got yourself a shiny

Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Samstag, 14. Mai 2022 10:00:   > I never needed to use cargo before, to update my kernel.  In what way is > cargo better than earlier mechanisms to build initramfs? With cargo being rust's package manager, I'd hazard the guess that you got yourself a shiny new rust component in either your

[gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread n952162
I never needed to use cargo before, to update my kernel.  In what way is cargo better than earlier mechanisms to build initramfs?