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Bug 663550 - sys-kernel/genkernel - default value for INSTALL variable?
Summary: sys-kernel/genkernel - default value for INSTALL variable?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers
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Reported: 2018-08-14 00:36 UTC by Mason Loring Bliss
Modified: 2019-03-07 20:43 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Mason Loring Bliss 2018-08-14 00:36:29 UTC
Observe:

# =========Common Command Line Option Defaults=========

# Should we install to $BOOTDIR?  Default is "no" because genkernel is used in
# catalyst and stage building.
#INSTALL="yes"

So, which is the default? The default is "yes".
Comment 1 Jonas Stein gentoo-dev 2018-08-19 18:19:01 UTC
I do not understand this report. Please read 
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Bugzilla/Guide
and create a new ticket.
Comment 2 Mason Loring Bliss 2018-08-19 23:29:11 UTC
Don't close it because you don't understand it. Fix the comment. It is obvious from what I included that it's self-contradictory. It's meaningless as documentation this way.
Comment 3 Jonas Stein gentoo-dev 2018-08-20 00:12:32 UTC
I can not see any real bug or problem there.

Besides that please read
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Bugzilla/Guide
and add the full package name in the summary next time.
Please do not reopen this ticket again.
Comment 4 Mason Loring Bliss 2018-08-20 00:35:22 UTC
The package is "genkernel". The file is /etc/genkernel.conf.

The problem might only be obvious to a native English speaker, but in short, it's confusing, because it says two conflicting things, and the user has to actually experiment to understand the actual behaviour.

Please don't close this again. Leave it for a native English speaker, and please consider removing yourself from the ticket so someone else can pick it up. Remove your ego from the equation. This is better for Gentoo.
Comment 5 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2019-03-07 20:43:15 UTC
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/genkernel.git/commit/?id=4980dddaa91b4198a1b3f3ff852278ad680a6372

commit 4980dddaa91b4198a1b3f3ff852278ad680a6372
Author:     Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2019-03-07 20:42:06 +0000
Commit:     Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2019-03-07 20:42:06 +0000

    genkernel.conf: remove misleading comment about INSTALL default
    
    Fixes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/663550
    
    Signed-off-by: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org>

 genkernel.conf | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)