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fincoop
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 Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:55 am Post subject: [SOLVED] genkernel clobbers my .config |
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Hello all,
I have been using genkernel for some time since I started depending on an initrd. I started using genkernel all because it does a nice job of rotating the /boot files and modifying my grub.conf. What I don't like however, is that my /usr/src/linux/.config is clobbered every time I run genkernel. I like to do 'make menuconfig' on my own, then have genkernel compile and install along with the initrd. I have been copying it back from /etc/kernels/ before doing make menuconfig, but that feels like a workaround.
Are you aware of a way to prevent genkernel from overwriting .config?
Thanks!
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nlsa8z6zoz7lyih3ap
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| Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried using | Code: | | genkernel --kernel-config=/usr/src/linux/.config? |
I rarely use genkernel, but when I did I used make menuconfig without genkernel, copied /usr/src/linux/.config to /usr/src/config
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genkernel --kernel-config=/usr/src/config |
I can't guarantee that this will meet your needs, but I make the suggestion as I see no other replies.
PS what about writing your own bash script that does the copying and runs genkernel? |
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John R. Graham
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| Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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See the --oldconfig command line option and the OLDCONFIG="yes" /etc/genkernel.conf option. Both preserve the existing .config file in the kernel source directory.
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fincoop
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| Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| John R. Graham wrote: | See the --oldconfig command line option and the OLDCONFIG="yes" /etc/genkernel.conf option. Both preserve the existing .config file in the kernel source directory.
- John |
Thank you very much. I re-read the genkernel man page. It states that oldconfig implies clean and mrproper steps. Clean erases compiled files, while mrproper erases compiled files and the kernel configuration. So, if I want the compilation environment to be fresh for every build, but maintain the configuration file, then I should configure: | Code: | CLEAN="yes"
MRPROPER="no" |
to genkernel.conf. |
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