Re: [RFC] Removing sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel

Michał Górny <[email protected]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:29:17 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
Organization	Gentoo
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On Tue, 2026-06-02 at 08:39 -0700, Yuan Liao (Leo) wrote:
> Are there users who daily-drive a non-bin distribution kernel but
> would like to occasionally install gentoo-kernel-bin for e.g.
> troubleshooting, just like me?  If so, would it be possible to allow
> gentoo-kernel-bin and gentoo-kernel to be installed at the same time,
> e.g. by using different LOCALVERSION, like '-gentoo-dist' and
> '-gentoo-dist-bin'?

The blocker is per-version.  For example, I run the latest 7.x kernels
as my daily driver, but also keep :6.18 LTS installed as a backup.  I
suppose you could do the same, though obviously it isn't 1:1
replacement.

I suppose we could use different names for -bin builds, but that will
require some tinkering, since currently -bin is the same as gentoo-
kernel by design.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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