commit: 65a74554e82b97334e608980f7205d8a2114c287 Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Wed Jan 24 15:03:34 2024 +0000 Commit: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Wed Jan 24 15:03:34 2024 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=65a74554
2024-01-18-installkernel-merge: add note on enabling dracut flag This is now required since we no longer enable the dracut flag by default Signed-off-by: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo.org> .../2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt b/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt index 3b36c73..aaf7884 100644 --- a/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt +++ b/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Title: Merging of installkernel-gentoo and installkernel-systemd Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerl...@gentoo.org> Posted: 2024-01-18 -Revision: 1 +Revision: 2 News-Item-Format: 2.0 Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo @@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ User Action Required (systemd-boot users) Previously sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd provided kernel installation automation for users of systemd-boot. sys-kernel/installkernel provides the same functionality but only via systemd's kernel-install. Users -of systemd-boot should therefore ensure that the systemd USE flag is enabled +of systemd-boot should therefore ensure that the "systemd" USE flag is enabled when upgrading to >=sys-kernel/installkernel-14. -This upgrade path is enforced by sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd-4, which is -just a wrapper pulling in >=sys-kernel/installkernel-14 with the systemd flag +Users who are using the distribution kernels (i.e. gentoo-kernel(-bin)) should +enable the "dracut" USE flag on installkernel as well to pull in and enable +the dracut initramfs generator. This is enforced by portage. + +The upgrade path is enforced by sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd-4, which is +just a wrapper pulling in >=sys-kernel/installkernel-14 with the "systemd" flag enabled. sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd may be removed after installing >=sys-kernel/installkernel-14.
