On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Bertram Scharpf <li...@bertram-scharpf.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I did not find this by Google. Maybe I asked the wrong > terms. > > The package "virtualbox-modules" contains some kernel > modules. When I built the package they landed in the > directory > > # equery f app-emulation/virtualbox-modules > ... > /lib/modules/4.4.39-gentoo/misc/vboxdrv.ko > /lib/modules/4.4.39-gentoo/misc/vboxnetadp.ko > ... > > After a kernel update the VirtualBox won't find them any > more and do not expect that at all. > > I could delete the package and build-install it again, but > then the old kernels modules would disappear. I just want > to install the new ones. > > I could do a sequence of "ebuild" commands. Is there a > front end "emerge" command, too? Something like the -U flag? > > Thanks in advance. > > Bertram > > > -- > Bertram Scharpf > Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany > http://www.bertram-scharpf.de >
You could try this: ebuild `equery -q w app-emulation/virtualbox-modules` src_install pkg_postinst Should this fail, you could always just reinstall app-emulation/virtualbox-modules: emerge app-emulation/virtualbox-modules
