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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] old kernels are installed during the upgrade
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:41:25
Message-Id: 20180103234112.6466c575@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] old kernels are installed during the upgrade by Stroller
1 On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 22:07:22 +0000, Stroller wrote:
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3 > > If you do want to use versions, I'd recommend using ~ rather than = to
4 > > pick up patch-level updates.
5 >
6 > What do you mean by this exactly, please?
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8 If you have =foo-1.0 matches only foo-1.0, if a patched version is
9 released as foo-1.0-r1, you won't get it. With ~foo-1.0 you will.
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11 Neither will match foo-1.1
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13 It's all in man portage.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 Only an idiot actually READS taglines.

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Re: [gentoo-user] old kernels are installed during the upgrade Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>