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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Portage and kernel sources... part deux.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 15:44:09
Message-Id: 2612b7ef-727f-fc89-6a51-c58be9f6b15b@gmail.com
1 So now I have another machine that insists on pulling in another set of
2 kernel sources, even though I like to do this manually.
3
4 apollo ~ # emerge -auDNt world
5
6 These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
7
8 Calculating dependencies... done!
9 [nomerge ] www-client/firefox-78.4.1
10 [nomerge ] media-video/ffmpeg-4.3.1
11 [nomerge ] media-libs/nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1
12 [nomerge ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-455.28
13 [nomerge ] virtual/linux-sources-3-r4
14 [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.4.72 [5.4.66]
15
16
17 However, this should satisfy the dependency:
18 apollo ~ # equery list gentoo-sources
19 * Searching for gentoo-sources ...
20 [IP-] [ ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.4.66:5.4.66
21 apollo ~ # equery list virtual/linux-sources
22 * Searching for linux-sources in virtual ...
23 [IP-] [ ] virtual/linux-sources-3-r4:0
24
25 The one it's trying to pull is a stable kernel at least:
26 apollo ~ # eshowkw gentoo-sources
27 Keywords for sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:
28 | | u |
29 | a a p s a r | n |
30 | m r h p p s l i i m m | e u s | r
31 | d a m p p c a x 3 p a s 6 i | a s l | e
32 | 6 r 6 p p 6 r 8 9 h 6 c 8 p | p e o | p
33 | 4 m 4 a c 4 c 6 0 a 4 v k s | i d t | o
34 ----------+-----------------------------+--------------+-------
35 [I]5.4.66 | + + + + + + + + ~ ~ ~ o o ~ | 6 o 5.4.66 | gentoo
36 ----------+-----------------------------+--------------+-------
37 5.4.72 | + ~ + ~ + + ~ + ~ ~ ~ o o ~ | 6 o 5.4.72 | gentoo
38 ----------+-----------------------------+--------------+-------
39
40
41 But, this time I don't have anything in /etc/portage or
42 /var/lib/portage/world that seems to be requesting it...
43
44 apollo ~ # grep gentoo-sources /var/lib/portage/world
45 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:5.4.66
46
47 apollo ~ # cd /etc/portage
48 apollo /etc/portage # grep -R gentoo-sources *
49 apollo /etc/portage #
50
51 I'm confused as to why portage is insistent on merging this kernel even
52 though I do not request it specifically...
53
54 Does anyone have any idea where to look next to see why this is being
55 pulled in?
56
57 Dan

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Re: [gentoo-user] Portage and kernel sources... part deux. Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@×××××.com>