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From: John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why zfs and friends want to update to 9999?
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 09:34:56
Message-Id: m3efqani2v.wl-covici@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] why zfs and friends want to update to 9999? by "J. Roeleveld"
1 On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 04:50:20 -0400,
2 J. Roeleveld wrote:
3 >
4 > On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 9:54:05 AM CEST John Covici wrote:
5 > > Hi. In my latest world update, I have sys-fs/zfs and friends at
6 > > 0.7.1 and they all want to update to 9999. Does anyone know why this
7 > > should be -- normally 9999 is not in the normal update sequence.
8 > >
9 > > I am using the unstable gentoo, updated about 3 weeks ago. No harm
10 > > has come yet, but I have not done the update till I can figure out
11 > > what is happening here -- particularly if I need a rescue cd which is
12 > > using zfs 0.7.1.
13 > >
14 > > Thanks in advance for any ideas.
15 >
16 > check your keywords, how did you unmask zfs?
17 >
18 > Here are mine:
19 >
20 > $ grep -r zfs /etc/portage
21 > /etc/portage/sets/zfs:sys-fs/zfs
22 > /etc/portage/sets/zfs:sys-fs/zfs-kmod
23 > /etc/portage/package.keywords/zfs:=sys-fs/zfs-kmod-0.7.1 ~amd64
24 > /etc/portage/package.keywords/zfs:=sys-fs/zfs-0.7.1 ~amd64
25 > $ grep -r spl /etc/portage
26 > /etc/portage/sets/zfs:sys-kernel/spl
27 > /etc/portage/package.keywords/zfs:=sys-kernel/spl-0.7.1 ~amd64
28
29 Yep, I think you are correct, I had the 9999 in package.keywords and I
30 think this is what made portage do that.
31 When I commented them out, things are back to normal.
32
33 Thanks again.
34
35 --
36 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
37 How do
38 you spend it?
39
40 John Covici
41 covici@××××××××××.com

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] why zfs and friends want to update to 9999? "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] why zfs and friends want to update to 9999? Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>