On 2/9/21 3:55 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 14:25:01 +0100, n952162 wrote:
gentoo policy is that administrators need to keep their systems
up-to-date. The promise is, if they do so, the dependency system will
be reliable.
The kernel version is apparently an exception to this. The updating
mechanism does not require that this track the synchronization of the
portage tree. Administrators are free to decide what kernel they want
to use. This works - except for virtualbox-modules.
Portage should check that the kernel pointed to by the /usr/src/linux
symlink is of a suitable version and has the necessary configuration
settings. Lots of ebuilds already do this. If the virtualbox-modules
ebuild is failing in this respect, it may well be a bug.
what is the most efficient way for an administrator to known when a new
kernel is available and advisable?
You'll know because you'll see it in the list of packages to install when
upgrading. Additionally, there is an elog message when a new set of
kernel sources is installed, If you have
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save mail"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="you@..."
in make.conf, you will be emailed this info. See man make.conf for more
on this.
Excellent. I'll use that.
