Neil, On Thursday, 2021-07-01 15:28:51 +0100, you wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 13:16:29 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > > > Same here. And whenever I configure a new kernel my kernel managing > > script makes sure both, the kernel I'm currenty running on and the one > > just configured are in "@world". That way "emerge --depclean" will nev- > > er remove a kernel package. > > You can also do that with sets. Add this to sets.conf > > [kernels] > class = portage.sets.dbapi.OwnerSet > world-candidate = False > files = /usr/src > > add emerge -n @kernels once. Then depclean will never touch a kernel > source package. Nice trick, thank you :-). This would slightly simplify my kernel man- aging script. Sincerely, Rainer