[gentoo-user] why does portage depend on the kernel?

Any idea why it wants to install the new kernel too? oberon # emerge -puD portage These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.13-r2 [1.3.13-r1] [ebuild U ]

Re: [gentoo-user] why does portage depend on the kernel?

On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:40:50AM -0400, Penguin Lover Chris Bare squawked: oberon # emerge -puD portage These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.13-r2 [1.3.13-r1] [ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] why does portage depend on the kernel?

Chris Bare wrote: Any idea why it wants to install the new kernel too? Because you are giving the --deep (-D) option to it.. oberon # emerge -puD portage Instead of this, execute emerge -u portage, this will only update portage.. Hope this helps, Farhan Ahmed -- Place :

Re: [gentoo-user] why does portage depend on the kernel?

On Friday 28 April 2006 07:40 am, Chris Bare wrote: Any idea why it wants to install the new kernel too? oberon # emerge -puD portage Translation: update and deep These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ]