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on 01/31/2014 06:35 PM Khumba wrote the following: |
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> On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:29:21 +0200 |
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> Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> Is there a way to specify that I want to install (emerge) the latest |
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>> 3.10.X series of sys-kernel/gentoo-sources as a slot, in parallel with |
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>> the latest gentoo-sources? |
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>> Currently, that would be version 3.10.28. |
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>> I know I can specify it like so, |
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>> emerge =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.28 |
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>> but then it would not get "auto-updated" when a newer version of that |
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>> series (for example 3.10.29) becomes available in portage. |
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> I don't have Gentoo in front of me so I can't verify this now, but I |
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> thought it worked to put the following in your world file: |
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> <sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.11 |
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> Of course if all 3.10 kernels are removed from the tree then this will |
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> pull in a wrong kernel, but I *think* that's valid world file |
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> syntax... |
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I don't know if what you're suggesting would work, yet if you noticed as |
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I wrote in the first place, I would also like to pull in the *latest* |
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gentoo-sources, *independently* of any specific series/subseries. |
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Do you think it would work? |
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