neysx 05/06/04 11:02:03 Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en kernel-upgrade.xml Log: #94957 #3 Mention symlink USE flag
Revision Changes Path 1.8 +19 -9 xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?rev=1.8&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?rev=1.8&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml.diff?r1=1.7&r2=1.8&cvsroot=gentoo Index: kernel-upgrade.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v retrieving revision 1.7 retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8 --- kernel-upgrade.xml 25 May 2005 17:17:27 -0000 1.7 +++ kernel-upgrade.xml 4 Jun 2005 11:02:03 -0000 1.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v 1.7 2005/05/25 17:17:27 swift Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v 1.8 2005/06/04 11:02:03 neysx Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml"> @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 --> <license/> -<version>0.1.5</version> -<date>2005-05-25</date> +<version>0.1.6</version> +<date>2005-06-04</date> <chapter> <title>Introduction</title> @@ -119,17 +119,27 @@ <body> <p> -Gentoo requires you to maintain a symbolic link, located at -<path>/usr/src/linux</path>. This should point to the sources of the -kernel you are running. +Gentoo requires that the <path>/usr/src/linux</path> symbolic link points to +the sources of the kernel you are running. </p> <p> -In any case, we need to update the symbolic link to point at the kernel -sources that we are about to upgrade to. Continuing our example: +Portage can update the symlink automatically when you emerge new kernel +sources. All you have to do is add the <c>symlink</c> flag to the USE variable +in <path>/etc/make.conf</path>. </p> -<pre caption="Updating the /usr/src/linux softlink"> +<pre caption="Example of USE variable in /etc/make.conf"> +<comment>(Add the symlink keyword)</comment> +USE="<i>symlink</i> x86 3dnow 3dnowex X aac aalib adns alsa apache2" +</pre> + +<p> +If you really want to do it yourself, the following example shows you how to +make the link point to <path>linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2</path>: +</p> + +<pre caption="Updating the /usr/src/linux softlink manually"> # <i>cd /usr/src</i> # <i>ln -sfn linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2 linux</i> </pre> -- [email protected] mailing list
