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.

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Andrew Farmer
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