On Freitag, 31. August 2007, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 8/31/07, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Freitag, 31. August 2007, Steen Eugen Poulsen wrote: > > > And to the lies: > > > > > > Lie: > > > because I have seen more than one non-booting totally f* up kernel > > > created by > > > genkernel. I won't touch it ever again. If something sucked in the > > > past, the > > > change is great that it sucks again in the future. Plus it doesn't > > > really make things easier, does it? > > > > > > > > > Thats a LIE, genkernel DOES not have ANY inteligence to create .config > > > for kernels, why is he spreading FUD about it creating "f* up" kernels. > > > > exactly, genkernel has no intelligence. So there is no reason to use it. > > > > > Lie 2: It doesn't make things easier. > > > > > > It does make things easier, again he is confusing automagic .config > > > creation with what genkernel can help with. The tool automate the task > > > involved in compiling kernels and/or maintaining multiple > > > configurations. And the Vol fellow really should start using genkernel > > > as his comment clearly demonstrate he does not take appropriate caution > > > to ensure that the kernel source is in a sane state between compiles. > > > > and how is make oldconfig && make all modules_install install harder to > > do than anything genkernel does? > > It doesn't rename to the version you're using,
it creates symlinks to the kernel installed and *.old symlinks to the old files. So it does not need to rename anything. > it doesn't keep > different configs for different versions, no, because this configs are allready there. > doesn't mount /boot ok, it doesn't. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
