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> On 3 Jan 2018, at 21:53, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> It installs exactly that version, and that exact version is recorded in |
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>> the world file. |
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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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> That's not a version, it's a slot. Whilst kernels are currently slotted |
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> with the version number, nothing else is and there is no guarantee that |
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> this will also hold for kernels. |
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Fair enough, but there's nothing else I need to treat this way. |
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I guess this risks that emerge will try to install 4.9.34-r1 during a future update, but I don't believe I've ever experienced that. |
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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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Stroller. |
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