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On 28/01/2014 22:04, Thanasis wrote: |
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> on 01/28/2014 09:36 PM Andrew Tselischev wrote the following: |
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>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 09:29:21PM +0200, Thanasis wrote: |
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>>> Is there a way to specify that I want to install (emerge) the latest |
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>>> 3.10.X series of sys-kernel/gentoo-sources as a slot, in parallel with |
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>>> the latest gentoo-sources? |
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>>> Currently, that would be version 3.10.28. |
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>>> I know I can specify it like so, |
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>>> emerge =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.28 |
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>>> but then it would not get "auto-updated" when a newer version of that |
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>>> series (for example 3.10.29) becomes available in portage. |
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>> You could mask "newer" versions in package.mask like so: |
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>>> =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.29* |
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> Maybe I was not so clear, but my intent is *NOT* to mask any newer |
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> versions, but have the sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.X get updated as a |
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> slot, in parallel to latest sys-kernel/gentoo-sources, when I do a world |
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> update like so: |
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> emerge -DNu world |
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that won't work as each kernel ebuild is in it's own unique slot |
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consisting of one and only one kernel version. I doubt the kernel team |
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are going to change that. |
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What you are asking is fundamentally not possible as slots are used in a |
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very incompatible way with your idea. |
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You will have to find and accept a workaround, such as masks. |
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But it's not really that big of a deal. Kernels ebuilds are sources, |
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they build no binaries. Having a version installed doesn't mean it runs, |
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it means you have the sources. All it consumes is disk space as they |
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don;tget updated |
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Alan McKinnon |
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