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

Michał Górny <[email protected]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:34:48 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
Organization	Gentoo
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Sat, 2026-06-06 at 11:49 +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
> 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'?
> 
> FYI, I have a patch for this ready.  I'm just waiting for new kernels to
> test it.

As of 7.0.12, 6.18.35 and 6.12.93, gentoo-kernel and gentoo-kernel-bin
can be installed alongside.  This will be propagated down as upstream
releases new kernels.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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