On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:29:21 +0200, Thanasis <thana...@asyr.hopto.org> wrote: >Is there a way to specify that I want to install (emerge) the latest >3.10.X series of sys-kernel/gentoo-sources as a slot, in parallel with >the latest gentoo-sources? > >Currently, that would be version 3.10.28. >I know I can specify it like so, >emerge =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.28 > >but then it would not get "auto-updated" when a newer version of that >series (for example 3.10.29) becomes available in portage.
Afaik there is no configuration-only way to do this, but you can make it happen by adding your own virtual ebuilds in a local overlay[1], say virtual/thanasis-sources, then adding that to world. You can make one ebuild for each kernel-series you want, each in its own slot, using the =cat/pkg-3.10* syntax for RDEPEND. Find attached a (barely tested) suggestion for virtual/thanasis-sources/thanasis-sources-3.10.ebuild . One caveat, =cat/pkg-3.10* also matches cat/pkg-3.107.1, which could become an issue if you wanted, say, the 3.2 series. After setting up an overlay and adding the ebuild, you can add it to world with `emerge --select virtual/thanasis-sources:3.10`. To add a different kernel series, you should only need to rename/copy the ebuild in your overlay and add the new version/slot to world. [1]: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay/Local_overlay -- eroen
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