On Tuesday 03 May 2005 03:04 am, Simon Stelling wrote:
> William Tetrault wrote:
> > I've been checking the online package database for a long time now; click
> > on categories, then sys-kernel.  "gentoo-sources" for AMD64 are all
> > either marked stable or testing, but only within the category of
> > "hard-masked". I've not tried to upgrade my kernel recently, but only
> > been observing the changes in kernel activity within the "gentoo-sources"
> > category.  I've been puzzled by the apparent lack of activity as far as
> > updating kernels to an unmasked status.
>
> That's because packages.gentoo.org is a x86 and uses a x86 profile,
> where these versions are package.masked. In the amd64 profile, they are
> unmasked, so you can simply `emerge gentoo-sources`.
>
Well, I reckon my question's been answered.  It's a confusing situation for 
anyone who didn't happen to have the above-mentioned info at hand [ =8^) ].

Thanks, Blubb!

> Greetings,
>
> blubb
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