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From: Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Manually updating gentoo-sources
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 08:21:01
Message-Id: CAJjrzcWGFq8xkSwfP8CXvjO9vOZ9FzGhE8+_ryTVTmfW_gjwsQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Manually updating gentoo-sources by Neil Bothwick
1 On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 at 08:57, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > You're using ~amd64 sources, which means they update frequently. I found
3 > this annoying so I only use the stable sources, even on ~amd64 systems to
4 > keep updates to a reasonable level while ensuring I don't miss important
5 > updates. I added this to package.accept_keywords
6 >
7 > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources -~amd64
8 > sys-kernel/linux-headers -~amd64
9 >
10 > Having said that, it wants to install a new kernel this morning :-/
11
12 If you want a bit more control, I'd just mask it completely in
13 /etc/portage/package.mask/ and then unmask whatever version you want
14 to install in /etc/portage/package.unmask
15
16 Regards,
17 Arve

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Re: [gentoo-user] Manually updating gentoo-sources Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>