Re: [vserver] Re: Newer linux-vserver patches?

From: Tor Rune Skoglund <trs_at_swi.no>
Date: Mon 11 Apr 2016 - 15:38:30 BST
Message-ID: <570BB6E6.8030702@swi.no>

Den 09. april 2016 15:25, skrev Herbert Poetzl:
> On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 10:19:03AM +0200, Tor Rune Skoglund wrote:
>> To answer my own question here in case it might help someone
>> else: I make this short writeup and also added the same info to
>> the wiki. Please feel free to correct and change.
>
>> ******
>
>> As of april 2016 there is no current maintainer for
>> linux-vserver kernels on Gentoo. The Gentoo maintainers seem to
>> have adapted a more "aggressive" approach related to removing
>> unmaintained Gentoo packages, so they have deleted all "old"
>> vserver pre-patched kernels from portage. This means that one
>> has to install the vserver patch manually.
>
>> However, this is a fairly simple process, depending on whether
>> you find a kernel source in portage that has an available
>> linux-vserver kernel patch also.
>
> If you do not find a patch, and the kernel is somewhat stable
> in gentoo, do not hesitate to visit the IRC channel and ask
> for a specific patch, given that you can provide the sources
> to the unpatched kernel.

Thanks, that's good to know. :)

BR,
Tor Rune Skoglund
Received on Mon Apr 11 15:37:02 2016

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