From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HXWd4-0002yB-UY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:59:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l2V5wmsO003616; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:58:48 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l2V5sSfP031247 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:54:28 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B57C764EDD for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:54:27 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -0.797 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.797 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.797] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gvz63CUDLZxo for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:54:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout1.igs.net (mailout1.igs.net [216.58.97.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BA8B6441E for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:54:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from waltdnes.org (i209-195-113-231.cia.com [209.195.113.231]) by mailout1.igs.net (Postfix) with SMTP id DED39729A for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:53:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:55:10 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:55:10 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Any consequences to package.mask'ing newer kernels? Message-ID: <20070331055510.GA29960@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Archives-Salt: 6decea1d-8a10-4296-ae62-9c91ef831838 X-Archives-Hash: 508767627a2e5d812c55be0ead170cc3 Partial "df" output before unmerging a bunch of kernels Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 11726996 7325372 4401624 63% / Partial "df" output after unmerging a bunch of kernels Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 11726996 4183616 7543380 36% / Yes folks, 3.14 gigs. Having gotten rather tired of doing this manually... again... I went into /etc/portage/package.mask and added >sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r5 It won't hurt me now, but is there anything that might depend on newer kernels? It's assumed I'll upgrade when required by a security alert. Other than that, how long can I get away between kernel upgrades? -- Walter Dnes In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 Q. Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft security? A. I think it would be a good idea. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list