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On 04/01/2018 00:41, Stroller wrote: |
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>> On 3 Jan 2018, at 22:11, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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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>>>> ... |
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>>> I guess this risks that emerge will try to install 4.9.34-r1 during a future update, but I don't believe I've ever experienced that. |
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>> Only if the highest-versioned emerged sources are <4.9.34-r1 |
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> Yes, in the quoted example above I grepped my world file for sources and 4.9.34 is currently installed. |
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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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>>> What do you mean by this exactly, please? |
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>> =4.9.34 selects that exact version and only that specific version |
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>> ~4.9.34 select that version and also 4.9.34-r1. There might need to be a |
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>> * on the end of ~4.9.34, I don;t quite recall. Answer in portage's man pages |
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> I thought it was something like that, but searched `man portage` for "~" more than one way, and didn't find reference to this. Am I blind? |
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man 5 ebuild |
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Section "Extended Atom Prefixes", it is near the top, probably first |
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page on most screen sizes. |
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The location is very non-obvious, I only know of it because I refr to it |
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often once I found it |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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