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kern(1) has been using /proc/config.gz as the source of the currently
running kernel's config since its initial commit. Whilst this location
is convenient because of its static nature, it does need a specific
kernel option, IKCONFIG_PROC, to be set.
Furthermore, it introduces a dependency on gzip(1) to decompress the
file on the fly. Consequently, we need to stream gzip's output to
commands or save it in a temporary file to access it neatly.
Since Gentoo's default install script for the kernel, installkernel(8),
places each kernel's configuration file in /boot, we can use this
location to retrieve the currently running kernel's configuration
instead and work around all of the above limitations.
Of course we need to make sure that /boot is mounted before we try
accessing any configuration files on there. We use the already existing
code from install_kernel() for that.
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