Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-25 Thread Dale
Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Feb 25, 2012 9:16 AM, "Dale" > wrote: >> > >8snip > >> >> >> That is true BUT the docs are for 100% certainty. Well, 99% at least. >> They almost always have the safest way to do anything but not >> necessarily the most used way. Ther

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-24 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 25, 2012 9:16 AM, "Dale" wrote: > >8snip > > > That is true BUT the docs are for 100% certainty. Well, 99% at least. > They almost always have the safest way to do anything but not > necessarily the most used way. There are lots of things I do > differently from the docs and my syste

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-24 Thread Dale
ny6...@gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:02:38PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:11:24 -0800, ny6...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Or just import .config into the 'New' directory, and run plain ol' make >>> menuconfig. Menuconfig will import what it can from the old conf

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-24 Thread ny6p01
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:02:38PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:11:24 -0800, ny6...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Or just import .config into the 'New' directory, and run plain ol' make > > menuconfig. Menuconfig will import what it can from the old config. From > > what I've read

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-24 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:11:24 -0800, ny6...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Or just import .config into the 'New' directory, and run plain ol' make >> menuconfig. Menuconfig will import what it can from the old config. From >> what I've read of the docs, make oldconfig is the dangerous

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-24 Thread David W Noon
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:02:38 +, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:11:24 -0800, ny6...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Or just import .config into the 'New' directory, and run plain ol' > >

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:11:24 -0800, ny6...@gmail.com wrote: > Or just import .config into the 'New' directory, and run plain ol' make > menuconfig. Menuconfig will import what it can from the old config. From > what I've read of the docs, make oldconfig is the dangerous part that > should be avoid

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-24 Thread ny6p01
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 01:08:22PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:48:35 +0200 > Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > On 02/23/2012 11:17 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:51:43 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > > > >> The only thing I can currently think of

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-24 Thread ny6p01
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 09:17:34AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:51:43 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > The only thing I can currently think of is maybe the kernel config > > files in /boot? > > I'd say it's more likely to be getting it from /proc/config.gz. > > But w

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:48:35 +0200 Coert Waagmeester wrote: > On 02/23/2012 11:17 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:51:43 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > >> The only thing I can currently think of is maybe the kernel config > >> files in /boot? > > > > I'd say it's more li

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-23 Thread Coert Waagmeester
On 02/23/2012 11:17 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:51:43 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: The only thing I can currently think of is maybe the kernel config files in /boot? I'd say it's more likely to be getting it from /proc/config.gz. But why start with a clean config each

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-23 Thread William Kenworthy
On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 10:10 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > Hello all, > > Usually on gentoo when gentoo-sources gets updated, updating the kernel > went as follows: > > eselect kernel set {new kernel} > cd /usr/src/linux make mrproper > make menuconfig ... BillK

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:51:43 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > The only thing I can currently think of is maybe the kernel config > files in /boot? I'd say it's more likely to be getting it from /proc/config.gz. But why start with a clean config each time? That means you have plenty of opportuni

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-23 Thread Coert Waagmeester
On 02/23/2012 10:25 AM, Mick wrote: On Thursday 23 Feb 2012 08:10:56 Coert Waagmeester wrote: Hello all, Usually on gentoo when gentoo-sources gets updated, updating the kernel went as follows: eselect kernel set {new kernel} cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig and then there was a totally clea

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-23 Thread Mick
On Thursday 23 Feb 2012 08:10:56 Coert Waagmeester wrote: > Hello all, > > Usually on gentoo when gentoo-sources gets updated, updating the kernel > went as follows: > > eselect kernel set {new kernel} > cd /usr/src/linux > make menuconfig > > and then there was a totally clean config which I wo

[gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

2012-02-23 Thread Coert Waagmeester
Hello all, Usually on gentoo when gentoo-sources gets updated, updating the kernel went as follows: eselect kernel set {new kernel} cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig and then there was a totally clean config which I would then customize for the specific setup. On one box I am currently run