On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 11:30:26PM -0500, Ionen Wolkens wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 08:19:09PM +0000, Gimmi wrote: > > Hello, > > > > In order to install the kernel in my Gentoo machine I emerged > > gentoo-sources and not gentoo-kernel, since I wanted to try a 100% libre > > Gentoo. I noticed that, while gentoo-kernel is stable at 6.12.63, > > gentoo-sources is stable at 6.12.58 and testing at 6.12.63. > > > > Why is that so? Is it just the package gentoo-sources lagging behind? > > Can I force emerge to use gentoo-sources 6.12.63 since it's available > > nonetheless, despite the testing status in this case? > > Different teams work on these, and they each take their own decisions > of when to stable or not. If there is a notable reason/issue, both will > typically be stabilized at once either way though. > > Why both though? You only need one, gentoo-kernel installs partial
err I misread the "and not" part :) That aside, nothing makes gentoo-sources more "libre" than gentoo-kernel. You don't have to use the default config like noted below, and you can still apply patches through /etc/portage/patches if needed. > sources that can be used to build out-of-tree modules or run > make menu/old/nconfig and such. You can also use USE=savedconfig > to use your own .config if needed making it rather similar to using > gentoo-sources except portage will actually build the kernel. > > But yes, you can package.accept_keywords[1] any version you wish. > > e.g. a line with: > > =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.12* > > Would accept the latest 6.12.x (not the wildcards are special, 6.12.* > would not be correct). > > And > > ~sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.12.63 > > Would accept that version at any revision (~) > > In the event you package.accept_keywords gentoo-kernel, note you should > also accept a matching virtual/dist-kernel to avoid conflicts. > > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.accept_keywords > -- > ionen -- ionen
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