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boonwee
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Joined: 11 Jan 2004
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 Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:23 am Post subject: kernel information |
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hi,
just a question. it might sound stupid but this is the first time i am using gentoo. and i am very happy with it so far. just what i have been looking for as the other distros seem to be lacking in one thing or another (for my needs).
how do i find out which version of the kernel is in which sources? when i emerge gentoo-sources currently, i get 2.4.22. is the 2.6 kernel is in gento-test-sources? so how do i find out these information?
and after i find out the version of the kernel, how do i emerge the correct version of the kernel source?
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trapperjohn
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Joined: 11 Nov 2003
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Location: Bremen/Germany
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:31 am Post subject: |
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Take a look here:
http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=sys-kernel
(Well .. it looks like they are changing something at the moment ...)
A patched version of the stable 2.6 kernel is gentoo-dev-sources (not sure if it's written correctly).
Just start | Code: | | emerge gentoo-dev-sources |
and set the new link | Code: | | ln -sf /usr/src/newkernelpath /usr/src/linux |
Now you can start compiling your kernel. |
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ColdFusion
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Joined: 06 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:32 am Post subject: |
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if you type
| Code: | | emerge -s gentoo-sources |
(or replace gentoo-sources with whatever package you require), the portage tree will be searched for matches.
The results will include information about the packages, including their versions.
hope this helps  |
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