Bug 927035 – sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.8.0 + sys-kernel/genkernel KERNEL_FILENAME config not used when copying files to /boot

• Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Oliver 2024-03-14 21:09:29 UTC]

starting with gentoo-sources-6.8.0, genkernel (4.3.10) does copy the kernel and System.map to /boot but without renaming it to its default (or explicitly set) values e.g. for the kernel it should be:

KERNEL_FILENAME="vmlinuz-%%KV%%" (as found in /etc/genkernel.conf)

That should result in a kernel at /boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-gentoo, however it will  copy to just /boot/vmlinuz.

If i revert back to gentoo-sources-6.7.9 it works as intended giving me /boot/vmlinuz-6.7.9-gentoo

this breaks other scripts relying on propper naming of the kernel after install by genkernel.

[Comment 1 Oliver 2024-03-20 14:31:34 UTC]

Same issue with gentoo-sources-6.8.1. Still staying with 6.7.9 which works for now.

[Comment 2 Vldb 2024-03-20 15:29:08 UTC]

Building gentoo-source via "make" has the same problem. The kernel is not installed properly.

[Comment 3 Vldb 2024-03-20 15:51:22 UTC]

Install installkernel - this solved the problem in my case

[Comment 4 Oliver 2024-03-20 16:45:14 UTC]

yes installkernel was missing. thx!

[Comment 5 Oliver 2024-03-20 16:52:44 UTC]

origin was:
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=80df7c19177b8333aae4e986a7fffb9d0a657b25

sys-apps/debianutils: drop installkernel use flag

was actually in the gentoo news items. My bad. closing.