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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 08:34:32
Message-Id: CAJ1xhMUBQdufiC+CoV2qfPx4rBPG-WT2wSveDJzn65bxN2R5mg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources by Neil Bothwick
1 On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:38:43 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
3 >
4 >> > "eix gentoo-sources" immediately shows you that the only stable
5 >> > version is 3.14.14 which is why portage is merging it. The fact that
6 >> > it's a new slot lower5 than something you had - that is incidental
7 >
8 >> I'll wait for the stable gentoo-sources that are a higher version than
9 >> what I have at the moment to become available in the portage tree.
10 >
11 > Just let portage merge the highest stable version. You can continue using
12 > the one you already have, portage only installs the sources, not the
13 > kernel.
14 >
15 > However, you may want to investigate why that version has been removed,
16 > there may be vulnerabilities or bugs fixed in a later point release and
17 > you should keyword that version.
18 >
19 >
20 > --
21 > Neil Bothwick
22 >
23 > I've got a mind like a... a... what's that thing called?
24
25 Thanks for the info.