[gentoo-user] Re: Why does emerge -auvND world wants to install old gentoo-soruces?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2008-08-04, Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@×××××××.net> wrote:

>> I've got gentoo-sources 2.6.25-r7 installed, and that's the only
>> verions of the kernel sources that I have installed.
>>
>> Suddenly (starting today) "emerge -auvtND world" wants to
>> install an older version of gentoo-sources (2.6.25-r6), and I
>> can't figure out why:
>
> Does it really matter?

I guess that depends on how much disk space you have.

> I have something like ten kernel sources installed at that
> time. It's a generally a good idea to keep at least one older
> bootable kernel (and the corresponding sources then).

I generally keep older bootable kerenels and config files, but
I see no need to keep sources for them.

> Anyway, check this fisrt :
> - which version of the kernel are you running (it should change
> nothing at all, but) ?

2.6.25-r7

> - where is the '/usr/src/linux' link pointing ?

2.6.25-r7

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