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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    [gentoo-user] Re: Qustions about installkernel news item
From:       Nikos Chantziaras <realnc () gmail ! com>
Date:       2024-02-07 13:25:51
Message-ID: uq00d0$11eb$1 () ciao ! gmane ! io
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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.


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