preserve old kernel from removal

nanostallmann · n00b Joined: 12 Oct 2014 Posts: 26

Hi all,
How can I prevent that portage remove old kernel sources (sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.16.5 with 3.17 for example ) when the new one was configured with kernel-config?

I tried writing /etc/portage/profile/package.provided & /etc/portage/profile/package.keep but ... nothing both strategies failed.
Any suggestion?

thanks,

regards

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2678

emerge --noreplace =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.16.5
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Jaglover · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:59 pm Post subject:

Portage will not remove older kernel sources during upgrades, you need to run emerge -a --depclean to have sources removed. To keep kernel sources during depclean exclude them: emerge -a --depclean --exclude gentoo-sources
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nanostallmann · n00b Joined: 12 Oct 2014 Posts: 26