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On Monday 23 August 2004 11:58 pm, Peter Gordon wrote: |
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> So perhaps they could be slotted as sys-kernel virtuals where 2.6 |
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> ebuilds have a "!( =gentoo-sources-2.4* )" DEPEND and 2.4 ebuilds have a |
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> "!( =gentoo-sources-2.6* )" DEPEND or something to that effect? Then you |
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> would not be forced to upgrade, unless you replaced the virtual by |
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> unmerging one kernel branch and merging the other. Would this work out? |
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no, because some people switch between 2.4 and 2.6 while testing things |
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imho, portage should have a way to keep kernel upgrades along the major and |
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minor versions ... that is, you can upgrade from 2.4.25 to 2.4.26, but |
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portage wont try to upgrade you to 2.6.8 ... perhaps it isnt feasible atm ... |
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-mike |
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