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I found this helpful in managing kernel versions |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwvV2wf-Gk0 |
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On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 3:41 PM, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> |
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> > On 3 Jan 2018, at 22:11, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>>> |
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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 |
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> 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 |
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> 4.9.34 is currently installed. |
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> >> |
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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 |
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> pages |
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> I thought it was something like that, but searched `man portage` for "~" |
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> more than one way, and didn't find reference to this. Am I blind? |
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> Stroller. |
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