How to solve the problem with installing genkernel?

Question

linux

Gentoo
Chroot

desktop linux # emerge --ask sys-kernel/genkernel

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 * IMPORTANT: 9 config files in '/etc/portage' need updating.
 * See the CONFIGURATION FILES and CONFIGURATION FILES UPDATE TOOLS
 * sections of the emerge man page to learn how to update config files.

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N     ] app-arch/cpio-2.12-r1  USE="nls" 
[ebuild  N    #] sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.52.3  USE="-cryptsetup (-ibm) (-selinux)" 

The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
 (see "package.unmask" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
# required by sys-kernel/genkernel (argument)
# /usr/portage/profiles/targets/systemd/package.mask:
# sys-kernel/genkernel is not compatible with Systemd, you need
# to use sys-kernel/genkernel-next instead
=sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.52.3

NOTE: The --autounmask-keep-masks option will prevent emerge
      from creating package.unmask or ** keyword changes.

Would you like to add these changes to your config files? [Yes/No] Yes

Autounmask changes successfully written.

 * IMPORTANT: 10 config files in '/etc/portage' need updating.
 * See the CONFIGURATION FILES and CONFIGURATION FILES UPDATE TOOLS
 * sections of the emerge man page to learn how to update config files.
desktop linux # genkernel
bash: genkernel: команда не найдена
desktop linux #

Answer 1

try creating a package.unmask file in /etc/portage/package.mask/ and write what it asks you for:

# required by sys-kernel/genkernel (argument)
# /usr/portage/profiles/targets/systemd/package.mask:
# sys-kernel/genkernel is not compatible with Systemd, you need
# to use sys-kernel/genkernel-next instead
=sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.52.3

genkernel is not compatible with Systemd, you need to use genkernel-next
And yes! genkernel can only work with openrc and does not support Systemd
, for this it is better to install genkernel-next

Answer 2

In my case, Gentoo did not require genkernel-next, but asked to update the config files in \etc\portage after the update, it still cursed that the command was not found. Further launched after running the
emerge genkernel command