Mark Knecht wrote: > A problem I often have after a big update is emerge -p --depclean > tells me it is going to remove my running kernel. > > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources > selected: 2.6.26-r4 > protected: none > omitted: 2.6.25-r8 2.6.27-r10 > > dragonfly ~ # uname -a > Linux dragonfly 2.6.26-gentoo-r4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 9 11:08:39 PST > 2008 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > dragonfly ~ # > > My general reaction is to remove packages by hand at this point but > today I have 30-40 and would like to protect this kernel source. Is > there a generaic way to *always* protect the kernel that is currently > running? > > Thanks, > Mark > > >
Just emerge it with the exact version. emerge =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.26-r4 should work. There is a option to add it to world without actually "compiling" it again but I can't recall what it is. Feel free to correct any typo's. Dale :-) :-)
