On 06/03/2017 23:55, White, Phil wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not sure if this needs submitting as a bug, or if I just need a
> little help in configuring...
> 
> I have set up a new install of Gentoo. I use genkernel to create my
> kernel and initrd.
> The resulting /boot directory gives:
>   kernel-genkernel-x86-4.9.6-gentoo-r1
> 
> My chost is i686-pc-linux-gnu.
> 
> Now, I also have installed rear (relax-and-recover) v2, from git
> (app-backup/rear is 1.17.1)
> 
> Problem: rear is looking for a kernel, and it expects it to be named:
>   kernel-genkernel-i686-4.9.6-gentoo-r1
> Since the name doesn't match, it bails out with an error. (This only
> fails with my i686 machine. Running the same configuration on a 64-bit
> machine works fine)
> 
> Question: How am I going to fix this? I don't want to hard code anything
> in the config file, as this will break when I update the kernel... Is
> this a 'bug'?


Please clarify what version of rear has this problem, and how you
installed it.

Either way, from the problem description one can see that rear needs
patching, however:

If it was installed by ortage from an ebuild, then you have a bug to be
reported to b.g.o.

If you installed from git outside of portage, the you get to patch rear
yourself

Or, perhaps a third option. Does rear have a config file where you can
define the naming template for the kernel used? (I don't use rear and
can't be bothered googling it, the idea just occurred to me)


-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckin...@gmail.com


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