On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:23:29 -0700, Daniel Frey wrote: > I have nvidia-drivers installed. It has a dependency to > virtual/linux-sources. > > The problem is it's always trying to pull in unstable packages when I > have two slotted kernels in world: > > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:5.4.48 > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:5.4.66 > > I tried masking kernels >5.5 but now it's trying to pull in unstable > kernel 5.4.70.
Are you running ~arch globally? If so, the simple solution is to turn it off for kernel-sources. > I do not run unstable kernels, and have two stable kernels installed. > > Why is portage insistent on pulling in sys-kernel/gentoo-sources > (non-slotted) when two slotted entries already exist? Because it will always try to install the latest version that fits all your requirements. > I do not want to install unstable kernel sources as I don't use them > and am trying to spare the thousands of unnecessary writes on my SSD. > Whenever I update I check to see if there's a new stable kernel > available manually and update to it if needed. I too stick to stable sources, partly for the reason you give, partly to avoid excessive reboots and partly because some systems use ZFS. % cat /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/kernel sys-kernel/gentoo-sources -~amd64 sys-kernel/linux-headers -~amd64 Works for me. -- Neil Bothwick (A)bort, (R)etry, (P)retend this never happened...
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