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On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:03, Chris Bare wrote:
> I've been using genkernel on my latest install and it's been handy,
> automating several steps especially making sure /boot is mounted.
>
> Today I emerged in a new kernel version. I fixed my /usr/src/linux link
> and copied over my .config from the old kernel tree to the new one. Then
> I run genkernel --config. For some reason, it does not keep the settings
> from the .config I copied over. This surprised me because I ran
> genkernel --config repeatedly in the original kernel source tree and it
> kept the settings.
> What is different about the new kernel source tree that would make it
> not keep the .config settings?

Genkernel keeps kernel configs in /etc/kernel/.
It does this so it can safely do a 'make mrproper' before each recompiliation.

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Mike Williams
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