Hi all,

The recent installkernel changes seem to be raising more questions then
I initially anticipated. In principle the correct upgrade path is
already enforced by portage for both users of installkernel-gentoo and
users of installkernel-systemd. Therefore for most setups no manual
steps should be required that are not already communicated via
pkg_postinst where relevant.

But anyway, here's a news item that should hopefully answer all
questions and troubles that have been raised on IRC. Let me know if
something is missing or is still unclear.

Best regards,
Andrew

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+Title: Merging of installkernel-gentoo and installkernel-systemd
+Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan@gentoo.org>
+Posted: 2024-01-18
+Revision: 1
+News-Item-Format: 2.0
+Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel
+Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo
+Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd
+Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd-boot
+
+The functionalities of sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo and +sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd have been merged into sys-kernel/installkernel.
+
+sys-kernel/installkernel now provides the systemd USE flag to switch
between
+the traditional installkernel (formerly
sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo) and
+systemd's kernel-install (formerly
sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd(-boot)).
+
+Additionally, the new sys-kernel/installkernel with the systemd flag
enabled
+now provides a default install.con