On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 04:11:42PM +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Mike Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It is good that we warn users about this when they install the package, > > but I don't think the ebuild should die. > > I've always found ebuilds dying at kernel config checks really annoying. > Checking kernel features at build time (if we die) is broken and > should be banned IMO: You're going off on a tangent.
The ONLY time that kernel config checks are fatal is when you're building kernel modules, and the module will fail to compile unless there is a .config and suitable options set. chromium is using the fatal mode of CONFIG_CHECK wrongly. -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead E-Mail : [email protected] GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
