When I installed my Gentoo system I looked at the Gentoo kernel guide at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml to choose my kernel, and it says gs-sources stands for "Gentoo Stable" and "these sources are perfect for servers and High-Availability systems", which is exactly what I wanted. However, the package description for gs-sources says only: "This kernel stays up to date with current kernel -pres, with recent acpi,evms,win4lin ,futexes,aic79xx, superfreeswan,preempt, and various hw fixes." Am I alone in thinking that "stable" and -pres are liable to be contradictory? If I remember rightly there hasn't been a gs-sources in a while which wasn't a -pre, but presumably the theory says that non-pres are supposed to be release quality? It's not that I'm having any particular trouble with my gs-sources or anything - except that the preempt option spectacularly didn't work when I tried it several months ago - but I am concerned. It may well just be that I am misunderstanding something, and it may be that making changes to the documentation (either in the kernel guide or the package info) would help me (and potentially others), but I want to be clear that I'm running a kernel put together by someone a lot smarter than me that does suit the description of "stable" and "for servers and high-availability". Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.49-r20 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.23_pre8-gss) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.23_pre8-gss i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10 distcc 2.11.1 i586-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=k6-2 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k6-2 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distcc sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow alsa apache2 apm arts berkdb crypt cups emacs encode foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imap imlib java jikes jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline samba sasl sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype usb x86 xml xml2 xmms zlib"
*** Bug 42554 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The other may be a duplicate, for which many thanks, but can we have an answer please? :-)
old bug, reopen if necessary
The installation handbook now says "gs-sources (kernel source patched for server usage)" on http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 and the package description now says "This kernel stays up to date with current kernel -pre's, with recent ACPI, EVMS, Win4Lin, aic79xx, Super FreeS/WAN, preempt, and various hardware fixes", which by my understanding still seems inconsistent and could do with clarification. This is only a documentation issue, surely whoever created/maintains gs-sources knows what the point of it is? Also, since gs-sources isn't remotely keeping up with current kernel -pre's - it's still on 2.4.25-pre7 while kernel.org says we're up to 2.4.28-pre4 - either it's moribund or the description needs to be changed.
gs-sources is no longer in portage as its outdated and unmaintained. Please use gentoo-sources for 2.4 or gentoo-dev-sources for 2.6.
