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From: David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] linux-headers vs gentoo-sources
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:57:58
Message-Id: 20061204195343.7dfd638d@osage.osagesoftware.com
1 Today when I ran "emerge -au world" I was surprised to see
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3 Calculating dependencies... done!
4 [ebuild U ] sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.17-r2 [2.6.17-r1]
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6 because I'm presently running a 2.6.19-gentoo-r2 kernel (built from
7 gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r1 using genkernel).
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9 When I run "emerge -C linux-headers" it warns me that
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11 !!! 'sys-kernel/linux-headers' is part of your system profile.
12 !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system.
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14 Common sense tells me that anything 2.6.19 renders all things
15 obsolete that relate to 2.6.17. Am I right?
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17 Also, where is it recorded that linux-headers 2.6.17-r2 is important?
18 I suspect I ought to delete that info as well.
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20 Thanks.
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22 David
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