On 22-Jan-01 Donald J . Maddox wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 10:49:30PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
>>
>> Argh! I wish people would stop using buildkernel! :-( It calls config(8)
>> in such a way that buries the warning messages where people dont see.
>> config(8) is meant to be used interactively :-(
>
> Is there another target that will get a kernel built with new tools
> in /usr/obj rather than old, previously installed binaries?
Rarely if ever do you need the new tools. The only cases are for a binutils
upgrade that is not backwards compatible (such as the 2.9 -> 2.10 upgrade), or
if you need a newer version of config, which can be handled by installing
config and then building your kernel. The config(8) changes won't happen in
stable, and I don't foresee anymore drastic buildkernel changes in the future.
FWIW, I _never_ use buildkernel to update my kernels on any of my boxes. I
just do it the old fashioned way, and with the exception of the 2.9 -> 2.10
binutils upgrade, it always works. buildkernel overloads the KERNEL variable
and thus violates POLA, so it needs fixing regardless, but I don't see a reason
to encourage its use unless it is actually needed.
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