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Bug 448248

Summary: sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.45 does not update /etc/genkernel.conf
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects Reporter: Alexander <trefoils>
Component: genkernelAssignee: Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers <genkernel>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal CC: zerochaos
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Alexander 2012-12-23 05:00:57 UTC
I have an updated busybox-1.20.2, but my genkernel.conf still says BUSYBOX_VER="1.20.1". Re-emerging genkernel does not help, since no prompt for etc-update happens.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge genkernel
2.
3.
Actual Results:  
No prompt for updating /etc/genkernel.conf

Expected Results:  
An updated genkernel.conf with autodetected versions of busybox and friends

emerge --info

Portage 2.1.11.31 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.5.4, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.5.7-gentoo-dietconfig x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.5.7-gentoo-dietconfig-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-2410M_CPU_@_2.30GHz-with-gentoo-2.1
Timestamp of tree: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:15:01 +0000
ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.22
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p37
dev-lang/python:          2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.9
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.27.1
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc:          0.11.8
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.5
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.11.6
sys-devel/binutils:       2.22-r1
sys-devel/gcc:            4.5.4
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.7.3
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4-r1
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r4
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.6 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.15-r3
Repositories: gentoo
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="rsync://gentoo.kiev.ua/gentoo-distfiles ftp://gentoo.kiev.ua/ http://gentoo.kiev.ua/ftp/ http://gentoo.iteam.net.ua/ http://portage.org.ua/ ftp://portage.org.ua/ http://gentoo.telcom.net.ua/ ftp://gentoo.telcom.net.ua/ rsync://gentoo.telcom.net.ua/gentoo-mirror"
LANG="ru_RU.utf8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j9"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.ua.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac aalib acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus declarative djvu dri dts dvd dvdr encode exif fam fbcon fbcondecor ffmpeg firefox flac gdbm gif gpm gtk iconv jpeg kde kipi laptop latex lcms ldap libcaca libnotify lyx mad mmx mng modemmanager modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses networkmanager nls nptl ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf phonon plasma png policykit postscript ppds pppd python python3 qt3support qt4 readline resolvconf samba sdl session spell sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg tcpd tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vorbis wimax wxwidgets x264 xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xscreensaver xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="ru" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-25 16:16:00 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> I have an updated busybox-1.20.2, but my genkernel.conf still says
> BUSYBOX_VER="1.20.1". Re-emerging genkernel does not help, since no prompt
> for etc-update happens.
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. emerge genkernel
> 2.
> 3.
> Actual Results:  
> No prompt for updating /etc/genkernel.conf
> 
> Expected Results:  
> An updated genkernel.conf with autodetected versions of busybox and friends

genkernel installs its very own version of busybox.
Comment 2 Alexander 2012-12-25 17:19:21 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > I have an updated busybox-1.20.2, but my genkernel.conf still says
> > BUSYBOX_VER="1.20.1". Re-emerging genkernel does not help, since no prompt
> > for etc-update happens.
> > 
> > Reproducible: Always
> > 
> > Steps to Reproduce:
> > 1. emerge genkernel
> > 2.
> > 3.
> > Actual Results:  
> > No prompt for updating /etc/genkernel.conf
> > 
> > Expected Results:  
> > An updated genkernel.conf with autodetected versions of busybox and friends
> 
> genkernel installs its very own version of busybox.

Sorry for my misunderstanding, but it seems irrelevant.
I expected genkernel to refer to the version it installs in its default genkernel.conf, but the point is that it does not ask for an etc-update at all. Is that OK?
Comment 3 Xake 2012-12-25 22:51:21 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Sorry for my misunderstanding, but it seems irrelevant.
> I expected genkernel to refer to the version it installs in its default
> genkernel.conf, but the point is that it does not ask for an etc-update at
> all. Is that OK?

This is probably you doing something wrong the last time you updated your /etc/genkernel.conf (since you did not specify what version of Genkernel you are using, I suspect the latest stable).

Nowdays the variables for the software Genkernel handles should not be specified inside of /etc/genkernel.conf, unless you want to override the defaults.
So you probably did not remove all things in genkernel.conf that got crufted by that update last time you ran etc-config (start use dispatch-conf already!).

As I can see it, the easiest way for you to fix this is to "mv /etc/genkernel.conf /etc/genkernel.conf.bak && emerge genkernel && meld /etc/genkernel.cong.bak /etc/genkernel.conf" (or what ever tool you prefer) and be sure to ONLY carry the changes you know you need.
Comment 4 Alexander 2012-12-26 01:59:54 UTC
> This is probably you doing something wrong the last time you updated your
> /etc/genkernel.conf (since you did not specify what version of Genkernel you
> are using, I suspect the latest stable).
> 
> Nowdays the variables for the software Genkernel handles should not be
> specified inside of /etc/genkernel.conf, unless you want to override the
> defaults.
> So you probably did not remove all things in genkernel.conf that got crufted
> by that update last time you ran etc-config (start use dispatch-conf
> already!).
> 
> As I can see it, the easiest way for you to fix this is to "mv
> /etc/genkernel.conf /etc/genkernel.conf.bak && emerge genkernel && meld
> /etc/genkernel.cong.bak /etc/genkernel.conf" (or what ever tool you prefer)
> and be sure to ONLY carry the changes you know you need.

Thank you, this is really helpful.
Comment 5 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2015-08-20 03:08:14 UTC
genkernel.conf is updated if you run etc-update or dispatch-conf or whatever you normally use to merge your config files.