Hello, for about 2 or 3 days emerge wants to install the above, old kernel version, even though v4.12.* and v4.14.* are already installed. Even installing it temporarily and removing it thereafter, the command emerge -c -v -p would remove both newer packages. Looks like the second number is compared lexically instead of being compared numerically? After removing the above, older kernel the command emerge -DNuv -p world would like to install the old kernel again. Cheers and a happy new year, Tom ### output of emerge --info: Portage 2.3.13 (python 2.7.14-final-0, default/linux/x86/17.0, gcc-6.4.0, glibc-2.25-r9, 4.14.8-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.14.8-gentoo-r1-i686-Pentium-R-_Dual-Core_CPU_T4500_@_2.30GHz-with-gentoo-2.4.1 KiB Mem: 2035072 total, 288356 free KiB Swap: 2160736 total, 2160736 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 10:00:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: e176bb889db81081f5f991232d0c6604bbe47713 Head commit of repository kde-sunset: ebb3a68d312171013d52ec9a4dce448d51ed3d49 sh bash 4.3_p48-r1 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.29.1 p3) 2.29.1 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p48-r1::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r3::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.3::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.14-r1::gentoo, 3.4.5-r1::gentoo, 3.5.4-r1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.9.6::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.29.2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.4.1-r2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.34.11::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r4::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r2::gentoo, 1.15.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.29.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 6.4.0::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r3::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.13::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.25-r9::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 sync-rsync-extra-opts: kde-sunset location: /usr/local/overlay/kde-sunset sync-type: git sync-uri: git://anongit.gentoo.org/proj/kde-sunset.git masters: gentoo ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-stack-protector" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf 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sse3 ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" L10N="en" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-6 php7-0" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres9_5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_5" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_5" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby22" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vesa" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
See https://bugs.gentoo.org/641832 on why 4.14.8-r1 is no longer stable.
Thank you for the link, Ernst.
THX for clarifying and sorry for making you nervous. Cheers Tom
