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On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:55:30 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the |
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> newest version at each upgrade. |
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> As I recall, and a quick look at `man portage', a file named |
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> `package.provided' is meant for such things. |
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No it's not. package.provided is for when you install a package from |
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outside of portage and want to let portage know it is installed. |
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> The syntax is not described in detail... I tried these: |
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> /etc/portage/package.provided |
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The file is /etc/portage/profile/package.provided |
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> >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.6 |
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and it only allows specific atoms, =cat/pkg |
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> Still `emerge -vp gentoo-sources' indicates it will install the most |
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> recent kernel. |
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You want to use /etc/portage/package.mask, with this entry |
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>sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.6 |
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One of the disadvantages of this is that when that particular version is |
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removed from the tree, portage will try to downgrade, because you has |
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blocked an upgrade. To avoid this, copy the ebuild to a local overlay so |
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it is always available. |
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You'll also miss out on any security updates etc, but I guess you have |
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already considered that. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why didn't |
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he just buy dinner? |
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