From 1ffccd123f180f1aa01725fdc387564966d490e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Micha=C5=82=20G=C3=B3rny?= <mgorny@gentoo.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:48:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] kernel-install.eclass: Print elog about symlink update
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Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/719910
Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
---
 eclass/kernel-install.eclass | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/eclass/kernel-install.eclass b/eclass/kernel-install.eclass
index 1fdeb1bf4dc7..c26af5c2e88b 100644
--- a/eclass/kernel-install.eclass
+++ b/eclass/kernel-install.eclass
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ kernel-install_update_symlink() {
 	else
 		local symlink_target=$(readlink "${target}")
 		local symlink_ver=${symlink_target#${target##*/}-}
+		local updated=
 		if [[ ${symlink_target} == ${target##*/}-* && \
 				-z ${symlink_ver//[0-9.]/} ]]
 		then
@@ -151,8 +152,14 @@ kernel-install_update_symlink() {
 				ebegin "Updating ${target} symlink"
 				ln -f -n -s "${target##*/}-${version}" "${target}"
 				eend ${?}
+				updated=1
 			fi
 		fi
+
+		if [[ ! ${updated} ]]; then
+			elog "${target} points at another kernel, leaving it as-is."
+			elog "Please use 'eselect kernel' to update it when desired."
+		fi
 	fi
 }
 
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