this is my output from console... --- !empty dir /usr >>> original instance of package unmerged safely. >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> sys-kernel/development-sources-2.5.68 merged. sys-kernel/development-sources selected: none protected: 2.5.68 omitted: none >>> clean: No packages selected for removal. >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. [ ok ] * Setting root device to /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4... /usr/sbin/genkernel: line 89: /tmp/KV: No such file or directory cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/src/linux-/.config': No such file or directory /usr/sbin/genkernel: line 107: cd: /usr/src/linux-: No such file or directory * Running make oldconfig... make: *** No rule to make target `oldconfig'. Stop. [ ok ] * Compiling kernel , will take awhile... logging to /var/log/genkernel.log... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.genkernel development-sources 2.wait 3.wait Actual Results: --- !empty dir /usr >>> original instance of package unmerged safely. >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> sys-kernel/development-sources-2.5.68 merged. sys-kernel/development-sources selected: none protected: 2.5.68 omitted: none >>> clean: No packages selected for removal. >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. [ ok ] * Setting root device to /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4... /usr/sbin/genkernel: line 89: /tmp/KV: No such file or directory cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/src/linux-/.config': No such file or directory /usr/sbin/genkernel: line 107: cd: /usr/src/linux-: No such file or directory * Running make oldconfig... make: *** No rule to make target `oldconfig'. Stop. [ ok ] * Compiling kernel , will take awhile... logging to /var/log/genkernel.log... Portage 2.0.47-r10 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.2-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r2 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm crypt cups encode gif gpm libg++ mikmod ncurses nls pdflib spell xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline arts svga tcltk sdl tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib motif gphoto2 -java mail sse mmx jpeg png mpeg oggvorbis quicktime opengl truetype avi mysql X kde qt -gtk -gnome alsa" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
didn't know where to place this. But it's a bug report for the new genkernel script...
genkernel is not going to work on a development kernel at this time, because of the different module issues. (ill update docs) But the problem you ran into was that all kernels are not updated yet to work with it either. Most the main ones should, gentoo-sources,xfs-sources,gs-sources,etc. Will be updating rest soon.