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On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:23:29 -0700, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> I have nvidia-drivers installed. It has a dependency to |
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> virtual/linux-sources. |
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> The problem is it's always trying to pull in unstable packages when I |
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> have two slotted kernels in world: |
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> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:5.4.48 |
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> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:5.4.66 |
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> I tried masking kernels >5.5 but now it's trying to pull in unstable |
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> kernel 5.4.70. |
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Are you running ~arch globally? If so, the simple solution is to turn it |
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off for kernel-sources. |
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> I do not run unstable kernels, and have two stable kernels installed. |
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> Why is portage insistent on pulling in sys-kernel/gentoo-sources |
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> (non-slotted) when two slotted entries already exist? |
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Because it will always try to install the latest version that fits all |
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your requirements. |
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> I do not want to install unstable kernel sources as I don't use them |
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> and am trying to spare the thousands of unnecessary writes on my SSD. |
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> Whenever I update I check to see if there's a new stable kernel |
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> available manually and update to it if needed. |
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I too stick to stable sources, partly for the reason you give, partly to |
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avoid excessive reboots and partly because some systems use ZFS. |
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% cat /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/kernel |
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sys-kernel/gentoo-sources -~amd64 |
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sys-kernel/linux-headers -~amd64 |
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Works for me. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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(A)bort, (R)etry, (P)retend this never happened... |
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