nightmorph 09/01/25 21:05:08 Modified: gentoo-kernel.xml Log: updated kernel guide to remove references to 2.4 gentoo-sources. note: rsbac-sources will soon need to be moved to the old kernels section, as it's already been masked for removal. bug 256348.
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