First off, thanks to all posters for the excellent input > Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com> writes:
> On 25/02/16 05:55, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the >> newest version at each upgrade. > > I'd instead recommend putting > > >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.2 > > in package.mask to stay with 4.1 (it's an LTS kernel) and always get > the patches for that one. In /etc/portage/package-mask, using the line you suggest: >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.2 Makes emerge want to install 4.1.18: emerge -vp gentoo-sources [...] Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.18:4.1.18::gentoo [4.1.6:4.1.6::gentoo] USE="-build -experimental -kdbus -symlink" 575 KiB Using `>=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.6' emerge wants to install 4.0.9: [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.0.9:4.0.9::gentoo [...] Using `>sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.6' emerge want to install 4.0.9 as well [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.0.9:4.0.9::gentoo [...] So apparently none of the suggestions causes emerge to just stay with 4.1.6 ------- ------- ---=--- ------- ------- However, after creating /etc/portage/profile and placing package.provided with `sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.1.6' inside. (NOTE:package.provided does not allow any <,>,= type signs) root # emerge -vp gentoo-sources These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 KiB WARNING: A requested package will not be merged because it is listed in package.provided: gentoo-sources pulled in by 'args' This appears to do what I was after. Should I expect any `gotchas'?
