On 14/1/19 10:27 pm, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:47 AM Bill Kenworthy <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to find the ebuild and files for >> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.18.20 but as its no longer in the tree I >> checked the attic but it looks like it is only cvs and no longer in use >> for git. >> >> I couldnt find gentoo sources in the server linked to from the cvs >> attic. Is there an equivalent to the attic for git, or a stanza to >> retrieve it? > If you have a git checkout, then chdir to the package directory, and > run "git whatchanged ." and search for the ebuild filename in the > output to find the commit where it was removed, then go one commit > further and check out that commit. > > If you want to do it on the web I'd: > > 1. go to https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/ > 2. Click tree > 3. Navigate to the desired package directory > 4. Hit log > 5. Search for 4.18.20 if what you are looking for isn't in the last > page, or feel free to browse the history. > 6. Click on the most recent commit of interest. > 7. Find the ebuild in the commit, and click on its filename to get the > full contents of the ebuild. > 8. Click on the plain button next to the blob ID to get the raw > ebuild. For convenience it is: > https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/gentoo-sources-4.18.20.ebuild?id=966dc9c8c004d79b02cb0250ecef65974164f295 > > If you're interested in running non-Gentoo-supported kernel series > though I'd suggest just using the upstream kernel repo directly. Then > you have access to upstream releases when they are released, even if > that series never gets a Gentoo ebuild. > > However, either way you ought to understand what you're doing. 4.18 > is not supported by upstream or Gentoo. The kernel will obviously > work the way it always did, but if there is a security update/etc you > won't get it. If you want to avoid significant kernel changes you > should try to settle on a longterm kernel, like 4.14 or 4.19, and then > just stick with it until a more recent longterm is appropriate. Those > get incremental stable updates for a long time. > > I think Gentoo's intent is to keep stable following a longterm branch, > but there were some issues with a recent longterm that probably has > derailed this a bit. I'm not on the kernel team so you're better off > going to them if there are questions. If you want to not have to > worry about maintenance then you should either follow upstream or > Gentoo, and setting out on your own should only be done to bisect > issues or when you know what you're doing... > Hi Rich, unfortunately 4.18.20 is the last one that supports the ipts patch set (surface pro4 touch screen) ... its flaky, bu the earlier ones are even worse so going to a LT kernel isnt really useful. I hope they can get a 4.19 or 4.20 patch set up soon, but apparently kernel changes have made it difficult. 4.19 without touch does work with only minor problems, but of course with no touch screen.
BillK
