On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 09:23:58AM -0700, Mark Knecht muttered: > Hi, > Does my local emerge and/or portage keep separate databases for each > kernel with different patch levels? I know it doesn't for minor changes like > 2.4.20-r6 vs. 2.4.20-r7, but what about 2.4.20 vs. 2.4.22 or 2.6.x? > > I don't want to start fixing problems on my new 2.4.22 kernel, only to > discover I'm creating problems for a perfectly working 2.4.20-r7 > installation.
AFAIK, all Portage'll do for you on kernels is just unpack the source into /usr/src/linux-x.y.z-w. Modules are handled by the kernel build -- it puts modules in (IIRC) /lib/modules/x.y.z-w -- so if the version number is different, the modules won't conflict. -- Andrew Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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