Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge -pv vs emerge -DuNpv

[Alan McKinnon <alan@linuxholdings.co.za>]

On Thursday 19 April 2007, Graham Murray wrote:
> Remy Blank <remy.blank@pobox.com> writes:
> > Is gentoo-sources in your world file?
> >
> > $ grep gentoo-sources /var/lib/portage/world
> >
> > If not, the behavior you see is normal. Just add
> > "sys-kernel/gentoo-sources" to the world file.
>
> Shouldn't gentoo-sources be part of system?

No.

That would make the gentoo-patched kernel a compulsory package, and the 
user would have to edit their profile to remove it.

You do have to have a kernel on the machine, but not everyone wants the 
gentoo kernel, or even a kernel installed via portage.

alan

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