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On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 21:21:30 +0000, Stroller wrote: |
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> >> This pins your kernel version at 4.14.8-r1 and you can update when, |
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> >> in future, you decide it's time to update your kernel, without being |
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> >> nagged about it every time a new version is release or you emerge |
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> >> world. |
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> > The equal sign doesn't pin versions, at least not that I remember. |
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> > Package are pinned by slot in the world file. Coincidence may be that |
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> > the version you selected happens to be exclusively the only slot, |
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> > too. |
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> It installs exactly that version, and that exact version is recorded in |
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> the world file. |
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> $ grep -e source /var/lib/portage/world |
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> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:4.9.34 |
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That's not a version, it's a slot. Whilst kernels are currently slotted |
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with the version number, nothing else is and there is no guarantee that |
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this will also hold for kernels. |
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If you do want to use versions, I'd recommend using ~ rather than = to |
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pick up patch-level updates. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I backed up my hard drive and ran into a bus. |
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