From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B01DE138206 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2018 21:49:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D422CE0893; Wed, 3 Jan 2018 21:49:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yb0-x241.google.com (mail-yb0-x241.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c09::241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72658E084A for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2018 21:49:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yb0-x241.google.com with SMTP id w1so1145915ybe.10 for ; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:49:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=avR+c5HLqiEpJhuao9O13xAJujzPlxTERdlyNwteDzU=; b=l3KAXmZmBuncHWNEdOoAQr6wECmSjD/DYA7tH2wSNRyuTPy5CzeUbm7PcGRtcS7EbN 7smVDupy/28xmgezQMivokB1oqdLPsIUfDW42VL8RaDzDvx3FqqvVpTukh9ElyuL8c6f otHFVZfz4XlRTJ6QYa1OCJe2qo2xKG4hy8MzQcmN1zc96WJXgK/UPl0H7qfSvUp4LUYT vK+POpsNc/BVk1AtX3l06IKRzU9LwPVPB1o2v7lsIUyIBvbKpe6VqfNnECmDFfKj/tI+ qAV/zm0UUlrsoCQr/mk+u3HgxNwEcr9De0GxxdRQNeGHKqkscEv3hqiTvYTaImVY6vVp o+RQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=avR+c5HLqiEpJhuao9O13xAJujzPlxTERdlyNwteDzU=; b=mx77+3HlxquPQo1dKgRqVExItSFae0oS6OIZfnPvgdJT9WsoKsMM18d7hzwP7Lu2/B +y4C/RKWEeqamC5Kg7bMgcB3zNy6hjB8a6crKakx4+zXrpARy9R1a+Z5jmxpCXTjBCdg sR3lCiTtSYgkI2W68x2anb2uArT7+6khkTKZFIgc2gkD3Jv/c8p/kF0YeAkbqmBOszKi BMgnlZuRZkz3OHmdeaSakQPpjzPKwcB7xtZusEclBcGKlvZH16AiSh/ZC9H/W3ITuyBP qMCbHUT5AOL3R2aqtPqiAkf3aHYxT5tFKR9KmgO7twnEPFmCrMMzXAF9Icaqg0/JTLsE 4eYw== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mLJEM8F2XgNBAQ6XDSB5ghQtx7LSsuOO8GFP6ylRSjZ8DjRxoGJ hkwK2K1CAJux2yS2ktcbIc4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBouZk6f45TYVaWf3w9n6EHd4NaDT4J/PQ/khfB2A4i9NSQ/Wizs2MEA+WiP03z3/wX3v96Szpw== X-Received: by 10.37.56.21 with SMTP id f21mr2610334yba.135.1515016185622; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:49:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-93-225.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.93.225]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m185sm790515ywd.99.2018.01.03.13.49.44 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:49:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] old kernels are installed during the upgrade To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <2CA973AB-B583-4F4F-A0B3-0FE347A672BD@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <5A4D4BCD.50808@youngman.org.uk> From: Dale Message-ID: <9f2dfcc4-111b-f608-839d-6bb1ca0fe64f@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 15:49:43 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:55.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/55.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5A4D4BCD.50808@youngman.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: c47651e3-486e-4fe4-896d-735615fd78c2 X-Archives-Hash: 5ea16af27bea5f7f4836a2425d2987e8 Wols Lists wrote: > On 03/01/18 21:21, Stroller wrote: >> Meanwhile, I've seen security vulnerabilities go unfixed for literally weeks in the bug tracker, so I don't see the significance of a vulnerability an attacker is unlikely to be able to reach. The sites I visit do not make me fear my kernel being attacked via the browser. >> >> This thread is not for arguing about security, which is an old discussion and which has been done to death. Everyone has their own opinions, and I'm not going to add any more. >> >> This thread is about how to fix OP's problem, and that's what I addressed. If you install kernels by specific version, as I suggest, then you're free to update them manually as often as you wish. > And heaven help you if you think emerging a specific version of > gentoo-sources will update the kernel you're running. Because Linux > certainly won't. > > Hint: changing the current version of gentoo-sources does ABSOLUTELY > NOTHING to your running system, so why not emerge them all? > > Cheers, > Wol > > My question would be the opposite.  Why emerge kernels you are not going to build anyway?  The only kernels I have installed here are the ones I have emerged, built and installed for either current or future use.  There is no reason to have sources for kernels that I know I will never use.  The same could apply to others as well.  Dale :-)  :-)