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From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:33:15
Message-Id: CAJ1xhMW1VzDnep31RR50Fv4WS_4-e+FBAnX6+C1asN0aDB9AKA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources by Alan McKinnon
1 On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 11/10/2014 09:53, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 >> On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:38:43 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
4 >>
5 >>>> "eix gentoo-sources" immediately shows you that the only stable
6 >>>> version is 3.14.14 which is why portage is merging it. The fact that
7 >>>> it's a new slot lower5 than something you had - that is incidental
8 >>
9 >>> I'll wait for the stable gentoo-sources that are a higher version than
10 >>> what I have at the moment to become available in the portage tree.
11 >>
12 >> Just let portage merge the highest stable version. You can continue using
13 >> the one you already have, portage only installs the sources, not the
14 >> kernel.
15 >>
16 >> However, you may want to investigate why that version has been removed,
17 >> there may be vulnerabilities or bugs fixed in a later point release and
18 >> you should keyword that version.
19 >>
20 >>
21 >
22 >
23 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=518600
24 >
25 >
26 > --
27 > Alan McKinnon
28 > alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
29 >
30 >
31
32 Thanks for the info.