On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:34:36 +0700 Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 19:26, Alan McKinnon > <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:15:02 +0700 > > Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> wrote: > > > >> Hmm, just ran eix-sync followed by emerge -pvuD @world... > >> > >> And I was unpleasantly surprised when I see > >> sys-kernel/hardened-sources going back from the currently installed > >> (and booting) 2.6.39-r13 to -r8 > >> > >> Changelog does not described why -r13 is pulled. > > > > Actually it does :-) > > > > 13 Sep 2011; Anthony G. Basile <bluen...@gentoo.org> > > -hardened-sources-2.6.32-r64.ebuild, > > -hardened-sources-2.6.39-r12.ebuild, > > -hardened-sources-2.6.39-r13.ebuild, > > -hardened-sources-3.0.3.ebuild: Removed deprecated versions > > > > > > Yeah, it's "deprecated", but what does that mean, exactly? Nobody knows what deprecated means. Usually it's developer whim... Like "synergy", nobody on the planet know what that means either > > Maybe -r13 just never made it to stable at all? > > > > It's never stable, yes. But somehow I'm more comfortable with -r13 > than -r8 (5 revisions). I tend to agree. Higher -r numbers include more kernel bugfixes and Linus has a very long history of being correct about fixes with not many wrong calls. I wish people wouldn't just remove stuff without full details. If there's an issue with that code, there should be a bug at b.g.o. and the Changelog should mention it. Then folks like yourself can read it and make informed decisions. As it stands, you have nothing but mystery. Argggg. > > > If it's working fine for you and you are happy with -r13, then > > leave it alone. It will continue to boot until you decide to > > upgrade to something else. Maybe you should list that version > > explicitly in world just in case it accidentally goes away with a > > hasty --depclean > > > > I see. I'll just keep the -r13 sources then. > > Thanks! > > Rgds, -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
