Subj : old gentoo kernel
To   : Gert Andersen
From : Gert Andersen
Date : Wed Apr 08 2020 10:18 am

Hello Benny Pedersen!

Wednesday April 08 2020 09:09, I wrote to Benny Pedersen:


BP>>>> you running with a very old kernel with secureity bugs, upgrade
BP>>>> to 4.9 stable or as me atleast 5.5.13, i hope you dont lost all
BP>>>> the spirit with gentoo as Janus did

GA>>> I know but it is the gentoo source there not will do its update
GA>>> update right by by command emerge --oneshot portage, there said
GA>>> I have to use SHH5 and must use 6 or 7 for it.

BP>> what ?

BP>> emerge --sync
BP>> emerge --autounmask --autounmask-write sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
BP>> etc-update
BP>> emerge -av sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
BP>> emerge -a --depclean

BP>> so far so good ?

BP>> is make.conf missing symlink USE flag ?

BP>> if no

BP>> zcat /proc/config.gz >/usr/src/linux/.config

BP>> nice ?

BP>> you miss genkernel ?

BP>> emerge sys-kernel/genkernel

BP>> last step

BP>> genkernel --oldconfig all
BP>> grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

BP>> all there is left is to reboot

GA> All that is I knowing but it is automask there not will unmask some
GA> files so they 4-5 files it say is masked so the it either update them
GA> to be updated from v5 to v6 or v7. It too has to be the same on my
GA> node 2:230/152 now too where it was v6 but lates should v7 in the
GA> portage so it now . So it is just the files in portage make it be
GA> updated to v6 or v7. So I not have to make files like python to work
GA> by v6 or v7 from portage to not must do it unmask manual.


It have been that it have said the 4-5 files is masked wit EAPI 6 or EAPI 7 and
that my system is EAPI 5 and must update to either EAPI 6 or 7, but when I
triet it with the auto unmask the files to get my portage up to EAPI 6 or 7 it
would not do it.

Take care
Gert Andersen

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303, Gentoo Linux kernel 4.4.39
* Origin: The KofoBBS (2:230/150@fidonet)