[gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread James
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: 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? that won't work as each kernel ebuild is in it's own unique slot

[gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread James
Thanasis thanasis at asyr.hopto.org writes: Currently, that would be version 3.10.28. I know I can specify it like so, emerge =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.28 Opps, I did not read very deeply, still on first java_fix but then it would not get auto-updated when a newer version of that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 29/01/2014 15:23, James wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: 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? that won't work as each kernel ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread Thanasis
on 01/29/2014 03:23 PM James wrote the following: There might be a work around that suites your needs? # emerge -pv =gentoo-sources-3.10.28 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild NS ~]

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread Thanasis
on 01/28/2014 10:12 PM eroen wrote the following: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:29:21 +0200, Thanasis thana...@asyr.hopto.org 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?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage performance dropped considerably

2014-01-29 Thread Kerin Millar
hasufell wrote: snip If we support disabling all useflags on package level (and we do), then we support disabling all on global level as well. All _unexpected_ breakage that occurs due to that are ebuild bugs that have incorrect dependencies or missing REQUIRED_USE constraints. Defaults are

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread Thanasis
on 01/29/2014 03:36 PM James wrote the following: Once the newer kernel series come out, the newer versions of a series (usually) slow way down on being delivered. Not necessarily, if some devs are maintaining a series as long term, which, I think, is the case for the 3.10.X series (if I am

[gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread eroen
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:09:31 +0200, Thanasis thana...@asyr.hopto.org wrote: on 01/28/2014 10:12 PM eroen wrote the following: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:29:21 +0200, Thanasis thana...@asyr.hopto.org wrote: Is there a way to specify that I want to install (emerge) the latest 3.10.X series of

[gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread James
Thanasis thanasis at asyr.hopto.org writes: No, because as I said in a previous post, the matter is that when a newer version 3.10.X is in the tree, and you do an update of the world set, the newer kernel source of the 3.10.X series won't appear as an update. You'll have to emerge it again

[gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread James
Thanasis thanasis at asyr.hopto.org writes: on 01/29/2014 03:36 PM James wrote the following: Once the newer kernel series come out, the newer versions of a series (usually) slow way down on being delivered. Not necessarily, if some devs are maintaining a series as long term, which, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread Thanasis
on 01/29/2014 05:59 PM James wrote the following: Once the newer kernel series come out, the newer versions of a series (usually) slow way down on being delivered. Not necessarily, if some devs are maintaining a series as long term, which, I think, is the case for the 3.10.X series (if I am

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 29/01/2014 17:35, James wrote: Thanasis thanasis at asyr.hopto.org writes: No, because as I said in a previous post, the matter is that when a newer version 3.10.X is in the tree, and you do an update of the world set, the newer kernel source of the 3.10.X series won't appear as an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 29/01/2014 21:37, Thanasis wrote: I only use Alan Cox, as an example; I have no idea who the long-term kernel maintainer is now, but historically it's been somebody with a vested interest, or some poor-unappreciated sapimho. Googling about kernel maintainer for long term 3.10, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread Thanasis
on 01/29/2014 11:41 PM Alan McKinnon wrote the following: On 29/01/2014 17:35, James wrote: Thanasis thanasis at asyr.hopto.org writes: No, because as I said in a previous post, the matter is that when a newer version 3.10.X is in the tree, and you do an update of the world set, the newer

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 30/01/2014 00:14, Thanasis wrote: on 01/29/2014 11:41 PM Alan McKinnon wrote the following: On 29/01/2014 17:35, James wrote: Thanasis thanasis at asyr.hopto.org writes: No, because as I said in a previous post, the matter is that when a newer version 3.10.X is in the tree, and you do an

[gentoo-user] xorg-server crashing, back to log-in screen

2014-01-29 Thread Joseph
After recent upgrade I've noticed my xorg-server is crashing, and sending me back to log-in screen on two of my computers. It happens mostly when when I click a tab in firefox or try to log-out. I'm using firefox-24.1.1 -- Joseph

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xterms --featureRICH --suggestions?

2014-01-29 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 04:06:19PM +, James wrote Walter Dnes waltdnes at waltdnes.org writes: In your bash profile (if you use bash), howsabout export PS1='[\h][\u][\w]' Actually, I go for a fancy technicolour prompt export

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server crashing, back to log-in screen

2014-01-29 Thread Adam Carter
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: After recent upgrade I've noticed my xorg-server is crashing, and sending me back to log-in screen on two of my computers. Did you remember to rebuild all the xorg drivers after the xorg-server update? emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server crashing, back to log-in screen

2014-01-29 Thread Joseph
On 01/30/14 12:01, Adam Carter wrote: On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Joseph [1]syscon...@gmail.com wrote: After recent upgrade I've noticed my xorg-server is crashing, and sending me back to log-in screen on two of my computers. Did you remember to rebuild all the xorg drivers

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage performance dropped considerably

2014-01-29 Thread hasufell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/27/2014 02:06 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 27/01/2014 13:59, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2014-01-26 1:04 PM, hasufell hasuf...@gentoo.org wrote: So, not sure where your optimism comes from. But... some devs are interested in starting from scratch or

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

2014-01-29 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 29 Jan 2014 19:37:39 Thanasis wrote: Sometimes folks have to stay with a kernel series, because a vendor binary patch forces them into this situation. That's my case, ie Nvidia drivers for a relatively old hardware (AGP Graphics). Wouldn't nouveau drivers overcome this