Bug 686680

Summary:	sys-kernel/genkernel-next: mrproper as default option
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	dmallett
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Ettore Di Giacinto (RETIRED) <mudler>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	minor	CC:	jstein
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description dmallett 2019-05-24 17:50:37 UTC

The issue appears in both genkernel and genkernel-next.
When used without arguments or configuration change (genkernel.conf) the genkernel runs with --mrproper option (defined in genkernel.conf) as a result if a user wants to run genkernel with --menuconfug the kernel config file ".config" wont change.
Make mproper deletes the configuration changes and the already compiled objects. it's similar to make clean but it also deletes the changes to the config.
It is very unpleasant to see this enabled by default. In many cases it leads to greet frustration on the user side.
This option should be disabled as soon as possible.

Comment 1 Jonas Stein gentoo-dev

2019-05-25 08:04:18 UTC

please open one ticket per package, because it has different maintainers.

Comment 2 dmallett 2019-05-25 12:10:22 UTC

change genkernel to (only) genkernel-next

the exact configuration:
# Run 'make mrproper' before configuration/compilation?
MRPROPER="yes"
file:
/etc/genkernel.conf
installed by:
sys-kernel/genkernel-next

Comment 3 Michał Górny archtester

2020-08-20 12:51:04 UTC

Package removed.