> On 3 Jan 2018, at 21:53, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: >> >> It installs exactly that version, and that exact version is recorded in >> the world file. >> >> $ grep -e source /var/lib/portage/world >> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:4.9.34 > > That's not a version, it's a slot. Whilst kernels are currently slotted > with the version number, nothing else is and there is no guarantee that > this will also hold for kernels.
Fair enough, but there's nothing else I need to treat this way. I guess this risks that emerge will try to install 4.9.34-r1 during a future update, but I don't believe I've ever experienced that. > If you do want to use versions, I'd recommend using ~ rather than = to > pick up patch-level updates. What do you mean by this exactly, please? Stroller.
