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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
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On Wednesday 23 October 2024 12:36:23 BST Arve Barsnes wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 at 12:56, Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrot=
e:
> > I should have added that the remote compilation works well with the cab=
le.
> > I have found though that the linux-firmware ebuild requires the /boot
> > partition to be mounted, which it shouldn't be on a foreign machine, so=
 I
> > say emerge -uaDvN --exclude=3D"linux-firmware-20241017-*", only to find
> > that it's emerged anyway. Dropping that last hyphen gives the required
> > result.
> >=20
> > Is this a portage bug?
>=20
> It is definitely weird, but it is documented to be that way. From the
> manual ebuild(5):
>=20
> The version part that comes before the =E2=80=99*=E2=80=99 must be a vali=
d version in
> the absence of the =E2=80=99*=E2=80=99. For example, =E2=80=992=E2=80=99 =
is a valid version and =E2=80=992.=E2=80=99
> is not. Therefore, =E2=80=992*=E2=80=99 is allowed and =E2=80=992.*=E2=80=
=99 is not.

Ah! Thank you Arve. The subtleties of a complex system seem endless at=20
times...  :)

=2D-=20
Regards,
Peter.