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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] protect running kernel fomr depclean?
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:08:14
Message-Id: 5bdc1c8b0904121208u146ae379nfd2801ca79737ed8@mail.gmail.com
1 A problem I often have after a big update is emerge -p --depclean
2 tells me it is going to remove my running kernel.
3
4 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
5 selected: 2.6.26-r4
6 protected: none
7 omitted: 2.6.25-r8 2.6.27-r10
8
9 dragonfly ~ # uname -a
10 Linux dragonfly 2.6.26-gentoo-r4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 9 11:08:39 PST
11 2008 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
12 dragonfly ~ #
13
14 My general reaction is to remove packages by hand at this point but
15 today I have 30-40 and would like to protect this kernel source. Is
16 there a generaic way to *always* protect the kernel that is currently
17 running?
18
19 Thanks,
20 Mark

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Re: [gentoo-user] protect running kernel fomr depclean? Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>