Bug 528168

Summary:	eselect kernel show print version + suffix only (like uname -r)
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Manuel Rüger (RETIRED) <mrueg>
Component:	eselect	Assignee:	Gentoo eselect Team <eselect>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Manuel Rüger (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-11-03 19:43:04 UTC

It would be great if a --kernel-release (to be compliant with uname -r) option would return only the currently selected version + suffix.


eselect kernel show | grep linux | sed -e 's/.*linux-//'

Why is this option needed?

Building the initramfs for dracut needs the recent kernel version. It would be nice if this is possible:
dracut $(eselect show kernel --kernel-release) 

or even shorter:
dracut $(eselect show kernel -r)

Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2016-06-01 19:29:21 UTC

Can you provide a patch?