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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage being silly with kernel sources
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 23:38:06
Message-Id: CAGfcS_=07kt_YctrnvjOtU4NOa8mbDDQud7PU9WC6Xa7itNang@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage being silly with kernel sources by Neil Bothwick
1 On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 6:47 PM Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:58:30 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
4 >
5 > > > I too stick to stable sources, partly for the reason you give, partly
6 > > > to avoid excessive reboots and partly because some systems use ZFS.
7 > > >
8 > > > % cat /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/kernel
9 > > > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources -~amd64
10 > > > sys-kernel/linux-headers -~amd64
11 > > >
12 > > > Works for me.
13 > >
14 > > Uh, that will pull unstable kernels, at least as far as Gentoo is
15 > > concerned. They're basically all stable as far as upstream is
16 > > concerned.
17 >
18 > Not at all, it says "-~amd64" not "~amd64", removing the ~amd64 setting
19 > that is used as default.
20 >
21
22 Ugh, I really need to get my eyes checked. You're right of course...
23
24 --
25 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-user] Portage being silly with kernel sources Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>