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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion: ebuilds linked to kernel upgrade
From:       Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2 () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2005-10-20 19:15:40
Message-ID: 1129835740.11559.28.camel () cgianelloni ! nuvox ! net
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On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 18:19 +0100, John Mylchreest wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 17:31 -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> > Actually, genkernel does have the --callback option, which runs an
> > external command before finalizing the build.  We use it for building
> > external modules and packages that require a configured kernel when
> > building the releases, but I think adding an option to genkernel
> > wouldn't be bad to do this for you.  We could add a command-line switch
> > to genkernel to automatically rebuild any external modules after it has
> > built the kernel.  We could use something like --autorebuild.  You could
> > then do something like "genkernel --autorebuild all" to build your new
> > kernel and automatically rebuild all of your external modules.
> 
> My thoughts exactly. And I'm sure a welcome addition.

Bug #109941

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Chris Gianelloni
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x86 Architecture Team
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Gentoo Linux

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