linux 3.0 Kernel?

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paulb787 · Post by **paulb787** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:08 pm

I was doing some reading and noticed a linux 3.0 kernel? i just insalled gentoo a few days ago. I emerged gentoo sources after doing an emerge --sync. why didnt this become available
to me?

mikegpitt · Post by **mikegpitt** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:27 pm

The 3.0 kernel is in portage, but all versions are current marked ~arch unstable. If you want to emerge them anyway do this:

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echo "sys-kernel/gentoo-sources" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
emerge gentoo-sources

Etal · Post by **Etal** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:29 pm

I assume you use stable - the 3.0 kernel is currently in testing. Generally, stable kernels are a version behind, so after 3.1 comes out, 3.0 will become available for you.

paulb787 · Post by **paulb787** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:57 am

ok thank you.. smae thing with my gnome.. little behind not even 3.0. do you use stabe or what? is it worth it not to?

mikegpitt · Post by **mikegpitt** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:20 pm

paulb787 wrote:ok thank you.. smae thing with my gnome.. little behind not even 3.0. do you use stabe or what? is it worth it not to?

Personally, I run stable except for a handful of packages that I maintain in my package.keywords file. Others do run a full unstable system, which you can do by adding ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" in your /etc/make.conf (replace the x86 with your arch).

I don't like things breaking often, which is why I run stable, unless I'm dying to test something out, or it just seems like the type of package that will remain unstable for an eternity. If you do run ~arch, expect things to break since you are essentially testing integration of packages as soon as upstream releases them. Once packages are generally guaranteed to build and not crash by the Gentoo devs they end up marked as stable.

phajdan.jr · Post by **phajdan.jr** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:33 pm

mikegpitt wrote:I don't like things breaking often, which is why I run stable, unless I'm dying to test something out, or it just seems like the type of package that will remain unstable for an eternity

Feel free to file stable request bugs for those.