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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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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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> 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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Hmmmmm. |
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There might be a work around that suites your needs? |
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# emerge -pv =gentoo-sources-3.10.28 |
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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Calculating dependencies... done! |
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[ebuild NS ~] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.28:3.10.28 [3.10.25:3.10.25, |
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3.13.0-r1:3.13.0-r1] USE="-build -deblob -experimental -symlink" 557 kB |
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Total: 1 package (1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 557 kB |
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Does that work for you? |
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(Note: I also have this in my package.keywords: |
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sys-kernel/gentoo-sources) |
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hth, |
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James |
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James |
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