[gentoo-user] NVIDIA updating weirdness

[Jorge Almeida]

I've been using nvidia-kernel-1.0.7676 and nvidia-glx-1.0.7676-r1 since
I upgraded the kernel to gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r1, some time ago. It
works without problems. I emerged these versions (~x86) because the
normal ones wouldn't work.

 	$ cat /etc/portage/package.keywords
 	media-video/nvidia-glx ~x86
 	media-video/nvidia-kernel ~x86

 	$ cat /etc/portage/package.mask
 	>media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.7676
 	>media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.7676-r1

Today I emerge sync'ed and "emerge -pNDu world" says, among other
unrelated things:
 	Calculating world dependencies ...done!
 	[ebuild     UD] media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.7667 [1.0.7676]
 	[ebuild     UD] media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.7667-r1 [1.0.7676-r1]

Now, what can this mean, given the contents of package.keywords and package.mask?
Moreover, 1.0.7676 is supposed to address several bugs in 1.0.7667
(according to a NVIDIA developer, in another list).

I tried emerging nvidia-kernel-1.0.7667, just to see what gives, and:

 	* Determining the location of the kernel source code
 	 * Found kernel source directory:
 	 *     /usr/src/linux
 	 * Found sources for kernel version:
 	 *     2.6.15-gentoo-r1
 	 * These sources have not yet been prepared.
 	 * We cannot build against an unprepared tree.
 	 * To resolve this, please type the following:
 	 *
 	 * # cd /usr/src/linux
 	 * # make oldconfig
 	 * # make modules_prepare
 	 *
 	 * Then please try merging this module again.

 	!!! ERROR: media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.7667 failed.
 	!!! Function check_kernel_built, Line 363, Exitcode 0
 	!!! Kernel sources need compiling first
 	!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.
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Jorge Almeida
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