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Bug 21115 - Installing a kernel with "make install" could be faster
Summary: Installing a kernel with "make install" could be faster
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2003-05-16 12:51 UTC by Ian Abbott
Modified: 2004-03-29 14:28 UTC (History)
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Description Ian Abbott 2003-05-16 12:51:04 UTC 
If GRUB is installed, rather than LILO, the "make install" step when installing
freshly built kernel takes quite a while to find out that GRUB is installed and
this could be a fair bit quicker.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:




It can be made quicker with a one-line change to the /usr/sbin/mkboot script
(part of sys-apps/debianutils).

In sys-apps/debianutils-1.16.7-r1 (specifically, the Gentoo patch), see the
offending line in function grubcheck():

    [ "$(qpkg -nc sys-apps/grub)" = "sys-apps/grub *" ]

This proposed replacement line does the same thing but quicker:

    [ "$(qpkg -I -nc sys-apps/grub)" = "sys-apps/grub" ]
Comment 1 Andrew Cooks (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-12-06 06:09:33 UTC 
This bug is easy to fix, is very unlikely to break stuff and makes sense! Just add the '-I'!

Adding CC to bug-wranglers.
Comment 2 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-01-20 21:47:22 UTC 
reassigning to bug wranglers
Comment 3 Jon Portnoy (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-03-29 14:28:43 UTC 
No longer applicable, patch now uses portageq