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  • [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] 2024-01-30-installkernel-use-rename: add news item

    From Andrew Ammerlaan@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 30 13:20:02 2024
    After user feedback we have decided to rename the systemd flag to systemd-kernel-install so it is not enabled automatically on systemd
    profiles.

    Best regards,
    Andrew

    Title: installkernel systemd USE flag renamed to systemd-kernel-install
    Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan@gentoo.org>
    Posted: 2024-01-30
    Revision: 1
    News-Item-Format: 2.0
    Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel

    /sbin/installkernel is a script called by the kernels 'make install' as well
    as by the distribution kernels post install phase. sys-kernel/installkernel provides two paths for installing the kernel:
    - the traditional installkernel, or
    - systemd's kernel-install

    In installkernel versions lower then 20, systemd's kernel-install was automatically used on systemd profiles via the automatic enabling of the "systemd" USE flag. In version 20 and up, this USE flag was renamed to "systemd-kernel-install", and it is therefore no longer enabled
    automatically,
    regardless of the selected profile.


    User Action Required (systemd-boot users)
    ====================

    Systemd-boot requires using systemd's kernel-install.

    Users of systemd-boot should therefore:
    - ensure that the "systemd-kernel-install" USE flag is enabled
    when upgrading to >=sys-kernel/installkernel-20.


    User Action Required (users of other bootloaders and custom scripts) ====================

    Users who wish to (continue to) use systemd's kernel-install instead of the traditional installkernel should:
    - enable the "systemd-kernel-install" USE flag

    See also: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installkernel

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  • From Andrew Ammerlaan@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 1 22:00:02 2024
    I'm retracting the previous draft news item "2024-01-30-installkernel-use-rename" and replacing it with the one below.

    After further discussion we have decided that it is better to have
    systemd's kernel-install use a 'backwards compatibility' layout by
    default to solve the problems that users have encountered. This allows
    us to keep USE=systemd as is (and therefore have kernel-install enabled
    by default on systemd profiles). It does require introducing a new USE=systemd-boot which users of systemd-boot should enable to ensure systemd-boot's native layout is used to install the kernels.

    Best regards,
    Andrew


    Title: installkernel new USE flag systemd-boot
    Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan@gentoo.org>
    Posted: 2024-01-30
    Revision: 1
    News-Item-Format: 2.0
    Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel[systemd]
    Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/systemd[boot]
    Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/systemd-utils[boot]

    /sbin/installkernel is a script called by the kernels 'make install' as well
    as by the distribution kernels post install phase. sys-kernel/installkernel provides two paths for installing the kernel:
    - the traditional installkernel, or
    - systemd's kernel-install

    In sys-kernel/installkernel versions lower then 20, systemd's kernel-install would default to the layout used for systemd-boot (layout=bls). To improve backwards compatibility with the traditional installkernel this is no longer the case in versions 20 and up. Instead the default layout setting when
    no other
    USE flags are enabled is a compatibility layout similar to the traditional installkernel (layout=compat).


    User Action Required (systemd-boot users)
    ====================

    Users of systemd-boot should:
    - enable the "systemd-boot" USE flag
    when upgrading to >=sys-kernel/installkernel-20.


    See also: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installkernel

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