On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 8:41 AM <n952...@web.de> wrote: > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2019 um 00:20 Uhr > > Von: "Dale" <rdalek1...@gmail.com> > > I've done upgrades that skip quite a ways using make oldconfig. I've > > never had any issues. If it were me, I'd just make the jump but make > > sure to keep the old kernel around just in case something doesn't work. > > At least that way one can boot it and fix it. > > good idea! > Is the kernel enough? Don't you have to have the initrd, and the modules > list and all the modules and and and? > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Upgrade should help.
> > > ... Switch to the > > new17.1 profile, run emerge -puDN world and see if the changes look OK. > > If you don't like or it breaks something, switch to 17.0 and run emerge > > -puDN world and see what it looks like. Pick the one that you feel > > safest with. ... > > I haven't a clue what unsafe is... > > Pick the one that most closely matches your requirements.
