[gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources

[gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources

[Alexander Kapshuk]

A recent world update wanted to install a lower version of
gentoo-source as a new slot.
[ebuild  NS    ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.14.14:3.14.14
[3.14.16:3.14.16] USE="-build -deblob -experimental -symlink" 0 kB

I can't say I've had that happen before.

I've noticed that the ebuild for my current version of gentoo-sources
is not in the portage tree any more. So my guess is that the only
gentoo-sources ebuild intended for x86 stable is
gentoo-sources-3.14.14:
grep ' x86' `pwd`/gentoo-sources-3.1[4-7]*
/usr/portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/gentoo-sources-3.14.14.ebuild:KEYWORDS="alpha
amd64 arm ~arm64 hppa ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh sparc x86"

The list's advice on the matter would be appreciated.

Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources

[Alan McKinnon]

On 11/10/2014 09:11, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> A recent world update wanted to install a lower version of
> gentoo-source as a new slot.
> [ebuild  NS    ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.14.14:3.14.14
> [3.14.16:3.14.16] USE="-build -deblob -experimental -symlink" 0 kB
> 
> I can't say I've had that happen before.
> 
> I've noticed that the ebuild for my current version of gentoo-sources
> is not in the portage tree any more. So my guess is that the only
> gentoo-sources ebuild intended for x86 stable is
> gentoo-sources-3.14.14:
> grep ' x86' `pwd`/gentoo-sources-3.1[4-7]*
> /usr/portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/gentoo-sources-3.14.14.ebuild:KEYWORDS="alpha
> amd64 arm ~arm64 hppa ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh sparc x86"


That's an awfully complicated command to see what's in the tree.

Do you know about eix?

"eix gentoo-sources" immediately shows you that the only stable version
is 3.14.14 which is why portage is merging it. The fact that it's a new
slot lower5 than something you had - that is incidental


-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/10/2014 09:11, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>> A recent world update wanted to install a lower version of
>> gentoo-source as a new slot.
>> [ebuild  NS    ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.14.14:3.14.14
>> [3.14.16:3.14.16] USE="-build -deblob -experimental -symlink" 0 kB
>>
>> I can't say I've had that happen before.
>>
>> I've noticed that the ebuild for my current version of gentoo-sources
>> is not in the portage tree any more. So my guess is that the only
>> gentoo-sources ebuild intended for x86 stable is
>> gentoo-sources-3.14.14:
>> grep ' x86' `pwd`/gentoo-sources-3.1[4-7]*
>> /usr/portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/gentoo-sources-3.14.14.ebuild:KEYWORDS="alpha
>> amd64 arm ~arm64 hppa ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh sparc x86"
>
>
> That's an awfully complicated command to see what's in the tree.
>
> Do you know about eix?
>
> "eix gentoo-sources" immediately shows you that the only stable version
> is 3.14.14 which is why portage is merging it. The fact that it's a new
> slot lower5 than something you had - that is incidental
>
>
> --
> Alan McKinnon
> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
>
>

Thanks for the reply.

I'll wait for the stable gentoo-sources that are a higher version than
what I have at the moment to become available in the portage tree.

Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:38:43 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:

> > "eix gentoo-sources" immediately shows you that the only stable
> > version is 3.14.14 which is why portage is merging it. The fact that
> > it's a new slot lower5 than something you had - that is incidental

> I'll wait for the stable gentoo-sources that are a higher version than
> what I have at the moment to become available in the portage tree.

Just let portage merge the highest stable version. You can continue using
the one you already have, portage only installs the sources, not the
kernel.

However, you may want to investigate why that version has been removed,
there may be vulnerabilities or bugs fixed in a later point release and
you should keyword that version.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I've got a mind like a... a... what's that thing called?

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Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources

[Alan McKinnon]

On 11/10/2014 09:53, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:38:43 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> 
>>> "eix gentoo-sources" immediately shows you that the only stable
>>> version is 3.14.14 which is why portage is merging it. The fact that
>>> it's a new slot lower5 than something you had - that is incidental
> 
>> I'll wait for the stable gentoo-sources that are a higher version than
>> what I have at the moment to become available in the portage tree.
> 
> Just let portage merge the highest stable version. You can continue using
> the one you already have, portage only installs the sources, not the
> kernel.
> 
> However, you may want to investigate why that version has been removed,
> there may be vulnerabilities or bugs fixed in a later point release and
> you should keyword that version.
> 
> 


https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=518600


-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/10/2014 09:53, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:38:43 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>>
>>>> "eix gentoo-sources" immediately shows you that the only stable
>>>> version is 3.14.14 which is why portage is merging it. The fact that
>>>> it's a new slot lower5 than something you had - that is incidental
>>
>>> I'll wait for the stable gentoo-sources that are a higher version than
>>> what I have at the moment to become available in the portage tree.
>>
>> Just let portage merge the highest stable version. You can continue using
>> the one you already have, portage only installs the sources, not the
>> kernel.
>>
>> However, you may want to investigate why that version has been removed,
>> there may be vulnerabilities or bugs fixed in a later point release and
>> you should keyword that version.
>>
>>
>
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=518600
>
>
> --
> Alan McKinnon
> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
>
>

Thanks for the info.

Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:38:43 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>
>> > "eix gentoo-sources" immediately shows you that the only stable
>> > version is 3.14.14 which is why portage is merging it. The fact that
>> > it's a new slot lower5 than something you had - that is incidental
>
>> I'll wait for the stable gentoo-sources that are a higher version than
>> what I have at the moment to become available in the portage tree.
>
> Just let portage merge the highest stable version. You can continue using
> the one you already have, portage only installs the sources, not the
> kernel.
>
> However, you may want to investigate why that version has been removed,
> there may be vulnerabilities or bugs fixed in a later point release and
> you should keyword that version.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> I've got a mind like a... a... what's that thing called?

Thanks for the info.

Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources

[Daniel Frey]

On 10/11/2014 12:27 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> 
> That's an awfully complicated command to see what's in the tree.
> 
> Do you know about eix?
> 
> "eix gentoo-sources" immediately shows you that the only stable version
> is 3.14.14 which is why portage is merging it. The fact that it's a new
> slot lower5 than something you had - that is incidental
> 
> 

There's also eshowkw from the app-portage/gentoolkit package, which he
may have installed already.

Dan

Re: [gentoo-user] world update wants to downgrade genoo-sources

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Daniel Frey <djqfrey@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/11/2014 12:27 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>
>> That's an awfully complicated command to see what's in the tree.
>>
>> Do you know about eix?
>>
>> "eix gentoo-sources" immediately shows you that the only stable version
>> is 3.14.14 which is why portage is merging it. The fact that it's a new
>> slot lower5 than something you had - that is incidental
>>
>>
>
> There's also eshowkw from the app-portage/gentoolkit package, which he
> may have installed already.
>
> Dan
>

Thanks for the tip. I was aware of eix, but didn't have it installed,
or used it until after Alan suggested it.

I do have app-portage/gentoolkit installed, but wasn't aware of nor
ever used eshowkw. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll look into it.

The grep command line I used my original email seemed to fit the bill
at the time given the statements I made above.