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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why my system is keeping old kernel around?
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:36:17
Message-Id: 517CED49.9010505@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] why my system is keeping old kernel around? by Joseph
1 On 28/04/2013 03:19, Joseph wrote:
2 > When I run depclean, it prints out:
3 >
4 > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
5 > selected: 3.6.11 protected: none omitted: 2.6.31-r6 2.6.36-r5
6 > 3.7.10-r1
7 >
8 > ll /usr/src/
9 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Feb 26 12:35 linux -> linux-3.6.11-gentoo
10 >
11 > The system is using kernel 3.6.11; so I'll keep it.
12 > But why it tries to keep older kernels: 2.6.31-r6 2.6.36-r5 ?
13
14
15 Those kernels are in world. Check the contents of /var/lib/portage/world.
16
17 You deleted /usr/src/<stuff>, that doesn't change in any way what
18 portage think you have installed, only --depclean or emerge -C does that
19
20 --
21 Alan McKinnon
22 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com