528168 – eselect kernel show print version + suffix only (like uname -r)

Bug 528168 - eselect kernel show print version + suffix only (like uname -r)

Summary: eselect kernel show print version + suffix only (like uname -r)

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo eselect Team

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Reported:	2014-11-03 19:43 UTC by Manuel Rüger (RETIRED)
Modified:	2016-06-01 19:29 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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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?