On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:35:22 -0800 Khumba <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:29:21 +0200 > Thanasis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is there a way to specify that I want to install (emerge) the latest > > 3.10.X series of sys-kernel/gentoo-sources as a slot, in parallel with > > the latest gentoo-sources? > > > > Currently, that would be version 3.10.28. > > I know I can specify it like so, > > emerge =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.28 > > > > but then it would not get "auto-updated" when a newer version of that > > series (for example 3.10.29) becomes available in portage. > > I don't have Gentoo in front of me so I can't verify this now, but I > thought it worked to put the following in your world file: > > <sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.11 > > Of course if all 3.10 kernels are removed from the tree then this will > pull in a wrong kernel, but I *think* that's valid world file > syntax...
Ah right, this will pull in _alpha up to _rc versions of 3.11, but as long as the kernel ebuilds aren't using those versions. Or maybe <sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.11_alpha? - Khumba
