From gentoo-user  Wed Feb 07 13:25:51 2024
From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc () gmail ! com>
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:25:51 +0000
To: gentoo-user
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Qustions about installkernel news item
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On 24/01/2024 19:58, Walter Dnes wrote:
> https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.html
> for those who haven't run across it yet.  The news item mentions...
> 
>> Previously sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo provided kernel
>> installation automation for users of GRUB via USE=grub.
> 
>    I run grub (no dracut) under openrc but "emerge -pv installkernel" shows...
> 
> [ebuild     U  ] sys-kernel/installkernel-18::gentoo [12::gentoo] USE="-dracut* -grub -module-rebuild% -systemd% -uki -ukify" 8 KiB
> 
>    Does this mean I can safely ignore it in my case?

Do you use grub-mkconfig instead of a custom config? If yes, the grub 
USE flag will call that for you. You can also disable the dracut USE 
flag so you don't get a warning about dracut missing when you "make 
install" the new kernel.