On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 21:21:30 +0000, Stroller wrote: > >> This pins your kernel version at 4.14.8-r1 and you can update when, > >> in future, you decide it's time to update your kernel, without being > >> nagged about it every time a new version is release or you emerge > >> world. > > > > The equal sign doesn't pin versions, at least not that I remember. > > Package are pinned by slot in the world file. Coincidence may be that > > the version you selected happens to be exclusively the only slot, > > too. > > It installs exactly that version, and that exact version is recorded in > the world file. > > $ grep -e source /var/lib/portage/world > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:4.9.34
That's not a version, it's a slot. Whilst kernels are currently slotted with the version number, nothing else is and there is no guarantee that this will also hold for kernels. If you do want to use versions, I'd recommend using ~ rather than = to pick up patch-level updates. -- Neil Bothwick I backed up my hard drive and ran into a bus.
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