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Dale wrote: |
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> Harry Putnam wrote: |
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>> I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the |
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>> newest version at each upgrade. |
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>> As I recall, and a quick look at `man portage', a file named |
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>> `package.provided' is meant for such things. |
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>> The syntax is not described in detail... I tried these: |
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>> /etc/portage/package.provided |
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>> >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.6 |
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>> Still `emerge -vp gentoo-sources' indicates it will install the most |
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>> recent kernel. |
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>> then I noticed the portage man page, under `Format' does say: |
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>> "relational operators are not allowed" |
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>> So I dropped the `>=' part |
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>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.6 |
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>> Same result from `emerge -vp gentoo-sources' . . . |
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>> What am I forgetting? |
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> This is how I do this sort of thing. I add the name and version to |
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> package.mask which stops future updates/upgrades. Example, for my |
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> nvidia drivers, this is in package.mask. |
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>> =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-341.0.0 |
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> That tells portage that anything above that version is masked locally |
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> and not to update it. For what you want, this should work: |
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>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.6 |
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> I removed the equal sign since you want to keep that version around but |
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> nothing above it. If portage doesn't like that, you may want to use the |
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> next version up and have the ">=" in front. According to what I have |
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> here, it would be like this: |
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>> =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.12 |
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> I actually don't show a 4.1.6 here right now. Removed I guess but |
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> likely still works. |
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> That goes under /etc/portage/ by the way. I think you know that already |
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> but just in case. I have those moments too. ;-) |
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> That helps?? |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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I was triple checking and realized something. Some of the lines are not |
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correct. It seems in my email software at least it puts a little line |
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in place of the >. So, let me try this way. |
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Nvidia is like this: >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-341.0.0 |
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Your kernel line may work like this: >sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.6 |
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Or it may have to be like this if portage doesn't like the above: |
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>=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.12 |
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Now, let's see if that displays correctly. I won't know until I send it |
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and get it back. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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