linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues

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Date:	Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:47:11 -0400
From:	valdis.kletnieks@...edu
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Ubuntu Kernel Team <kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com>,
	Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org>,
	OpenSUSE Kernel Team <opensuse-kernel@...nsuse.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@...oraproject.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Simplifying kernel configuration for distro issues

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:56:50 -0400, Josh Boyer said:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 01:33:42PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > What happens if someone does a yum update, and the kernel requirement
> > changes slightly. The yum update should update
> > this /usr/share/Linux/Kconfig. But it's still set at Fedora X. The
> > kernel can not be updated for these slight changes.
>
> I'm not quite following what you mean in the yum update case, sorry.

I do a 'yum update', and my system won't boot, and the first thing I think of
is "What the fsck did Lennart add as a systemd requirement *this* time?"

:)


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