On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Manuel Schönlaub <manuel.schoenl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > i just have a question regarding packages using linux-info.eclass to check > for specific kernel config flags (e.g. app-emaulation/docker). > > Currently it seems like the flags are only checked against the config in > /usr/src/linux which is not necessariliy the running kernel. > > Furthermore there are some warnings printed, but after some time i find it > hard to remember what i will have to change in my kernel configs in order to > make the package work right. It is also just a snapshot of the situation at > the time emerge is building the package. > > Does there exists a tool helping in maintaining consistency between kernel > configuration and configs required by currently installed packages. > > If not, could emaint be be the right tool to extend with this functionality? > Or is this functionality not really needed? > > Regards, > > Manuel
I too run custom rather than gentoo kernels on my system with /usr/src/linux being a symbolic link pointing to the location of the kernel sources I have in my $HOME directory for this very reason.
