OK, it's already emerged but I suppose I could add the specific version to the world file and that would protect it also.
Thanks, Mark On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > :-) :-) > >
