440560 – sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.24_p2: some elog messages should only be shown when upgrading from an old enough package.

Bug 440560 - sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.24_p2: some elog messages should only be shown when upgrading from an old enough package.

Summary: sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.24_p2: some elog messages should only be shown when ...

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers

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Blocks:	first-time-messages
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Reported:	2012-10-31 11:29 UTC by poletti.marco
Modified:	2012-11-02 16:54 UTC (History)
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Description poletti.marco 2012-10-31 11:29:26 UTC

Disclaimer: this bug has been filed in a semi-automated manner.

When emerging the package sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.24_p2, the following elog messages are displayed:

 * The LUKS support has changed from versions prior to 3.4.4.  Now,
 * you use crypt_root=/dev/blah instead of real_root=luks:/dev/blah.

Such messages should only be displayed when the package is upgraded from an old enough package (and possibly for new installs).
These situations can be checked in the ebuild as follows:

if has_version '<sys-kernel/genkernel-1.0'; then

Or, if the message should also be displayed for new installs:

if !has_version 'sys-kernel/genkernel' || has_version '<sys-kernel/genkernel-1.0'; then

Remember to replace 1.0 with the right version number.

See the tracker bug 440214 for more details.

Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester

2012-11-02 16:54:36 UTC

What if they didn't read it before? It stays.