That makes some sense. (Gentoo is all about choices) So, basically, I emerge the new 'slot' and then re-compile the new kernel version according to the handbook, giving me both the existing kernel version and the new version...
John D -----Original Message----- From: Marco Matthies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:02 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] updates John Dangler wrote: > I just finished the base install of the 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6). When I > run emerge -sync, and then emerge -uDvp system, I get a short list updates > that portage wants to emerge, but there aren't any kernel updates. However, > if I run emerge -uDvp world, there is a new version of the gentoo-sources > (2.6.12-r9). Why wouldn't kernel updates be included in a system emerge? The packages in your system come from /etc/make.profile/packages (Note: do *not* edit this file) The packages considered for world are the ones from system plus the ones in /var/lib/portage/world The world file is where portage records the packages you emerged, e.g. when you typed emerge gentoo-sources it recorded it there. I suppose the reason the kernel is not in the system file is that this file is a kind of 'factory-defaults', which you shouldn't be normally changing. But there is more than just one kernel source tarball avilable in portage, e.g. gentoo-sources, vanilla-sources and some more. Putting this in the system file would unnecessarily constrain your choice as to which kernel to run. Marco -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
