On 24/08/2013 06:26, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:12 PM, »Q« <boxc...@gmx.net> wrote: >> It looks like maybe the best way to tell which ebuilds support which >> kernels is to read the conditional for the ewarn message in each >> ebuild. > > If this sort of problem spreads it might be good to build into portage > some kind of blocker/keyword mechanism so that users need not deal > with this.... not that I have any appreciation for the work involved.
Those tools already exist. Blockers, which do not really apply here; elog messages > > http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml > > The goal of Gentoo is to design tools and systems that allow a user to > do that work as pleasantly and efficiently as possible, as they see > fit. Our tools should be a joy to use, and should help the user to > appreciate the richness of the Linux and free software community, and > the flexibility of free software. > > Kind of funny... Gentoo's mandate is sort of at odds with itself. A > joy to use while simultaneously giving full flexibility. > > Chris > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
