Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-10-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 02.10.2013 18:02, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > Yeah, that's the way to do it. However, kerninst is not for testing > different configurations of kernels. I suppose you could use it that > way, but I wrote exactly for the opposite case: when you finally have > your configuration nailed down, a

Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-10-02 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 01.09.2013 19:30, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: >> I am following vanilla-sources in all my machines, which is what >> people like Greg Kroah-Hartman actually recommends [1][2]. Since they >> are now never stabilized [3], this means t

Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-10-02 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 01.09.2013 19:30, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > I am following vanilla-sources in all my machines, which is what > people like Greg Kroah-Hartman actually recommends [1][2]. Since they > are now never stabilized [3], this means that I need to update them > pretty regularly to keep them safe. >

Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-09-03 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 03.09.2013 18:34, schrieb Douglas J Hunley: >> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> >>> eclean-kernel cleans *older* versions of kernel.s The part of the >>> script you responded to deletes the kernel, initr

Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-09-03 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 03.09.2013 18:34, schrieb Douglas J Hunley: > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >> eclean-kernel cleans *older* versions of kernel.s The part of the >> script you responded to deletes the kernel, initramfs and modules >> which have the same version as the kernel to w

Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-09-03 Thread Douglas J Hunley
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > eclean-kernel cleans *older* versions of kernel.s The part of the > script you responded to deletes the kernel, initramfs and modules > which have the same version as the kernel to which /usr/src/linux > points to. > Ah, got it. I didn

Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-09-03 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés > wrote: >> >> • If /usr/src/linux points to /usr/src/linux-3.10.10, then the script >> deletes /boot vmlinuz-3.10.10, /boot/initrd-3.10.10 *and* >> /lib/modules/3.10.10. > > > Why not

Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-09-03 Thread Douglas J Hunley
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > • If /usr/src/linux points to /usr/src/linux-3.10.10, then the script > deletes /boot vmlinuz-3.10.10, /boot/initrd-3.10.10 *and* > /lib/modules/3.10.10. > Why not call 'eclean-kernel' instead of reinventing here? -- Douglas J Hunley

Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-09-01 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 01.09.2013 20:16, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> Some syntax error in line 26 as far as syntax highlighting in vim tells >> me ... everything red from down there ... but it works ... > > Well, a proper editor, like Emacs, highligh

Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-09-01 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 01.09.2013 19:30, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > >> I have been using it in all of my machines for some days now, and it >> works for me; but I take no responsibility if it breaks your machine, >> or if it kills your dog. > > So far

Re: [gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-09-01 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 01.09.2013 19:30, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > I have been using it in all of my machines for some days now, and it > works for me; but I take no responsibility if it breaks your machine, > or if it kills your dog. So far the cat still lives ... your script worked fine here in the first try.

[gentoo-user] kerninst (was Optional /usr merge in Gentoo)

2013-09-01 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
I am following vanilla-sources in all my machines, which is what people like Greg Kroah-Hartman actually recommends [1][2]. Since they are now never stabilized [3], this means that I need to update them pretty regularly to keep them safe. This implies that I have to change the /usr/src/linux symbo