Re: [gentoo-user] Zombie Linux kernel

2025-01-30 Thread Grant Taylor
On 1/30/25 16:49, gevisz wrote: Because, as I wrote it, it was easier than to try to change a profile with the procedure described in the corresponding news. I take that as you chose to do the fresh install, not that something forced you to do the fresh install. It's perfectly fine if that's

Re: [gentoo-user] Zombie Linux kernel

2025-01-30 Thread gevisz
Correction: My second paragraph in the last email should read: "Well, maybe you are right. I did NOT know this and so deleted the old kernel immediately after compiling the new one." пт, 31 янв. 2025 г. в 00:49, gevisz : > > чт, 30 янв. 2025 г. в 23:31, Grant Taylor : > > > > On 1/30/25 11:49 AM,

Re: [gentoo-user] Zombie Linux kernel

2025-01-30 Thread gevisz
чт, 30 янв. 2025 г. в 23:31, Grant Taylor : > > On 1/30/25 11:49 AM, gevisz wrote: > > I have not updated my Gentoo system since May 31, 2024, so in the > > middle of October 2024 I had to install it anew. > > Why did you have to install it anew? Because, as I wrote it, it was easier than to try t

Re: [gentoo-user] Zombie Linux kernel

2025-01-30 Thread Grant Taylor
On 1/30/25 11:49 AM, gevisz wrote: I have not updated my Gentoo system since May 31, 2024, so in the middle of October 2024 I had to install it anew. Why did you have to install it anew? I've pulled Gentoo systems more than three years forward. I've talked about how to do it on this mailing

[gentoo-user] Zombie Linux kernel

2025-01-30 Thread gevisz
I have not updated my Gentoo system since May 31, 2024, so in the middle of October 2024 I had to install it anew. Just to remind you: during that time we all had to switch to the new Gentoo profile scheme, which made an update from my old system more difficult than a new install. During this new