[arch-general] configuring the kernel in a chroot using devtools

[Joakim Hernberg]

On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 19:37:02 +0200
Ike Devolder <ike.devolder at gmail.com> wrote:

> When you want to configure your kernel, the logging redirection must
> not be there.
> 
> so the quickest solution i can think of is edit /usr/bin/makechrootpkg
> 
> line 171, change the makepkg_args to:
> makepkg_args='-s --noconfirm'
> so removing the -L --holdver
> --holdver you could keep in but since it is not a vcs package it will
> not make a difference.
> 
> When you are actually building the kernel, change makechrootpkg back
> so you have a nice an complete logging

That does indeed solve the problem, thanks!

Anyone think this ought to be considered a bug and worthy of a bug
report?

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   Joakim