Why is sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.18.33-r1 being re-emerged?

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From: Michael <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
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Subject: Why is sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.18.33-r1 being re-emerged?
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:54:15 +0100
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I noticed today the package '=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.18.33-r1' is 
asking to be emerged again, as if it were not already installed in my 
system:
======================
These are the packages that would be fetched, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
Dependency resolution took 70.15 s (backtrack: 0/20).

[ebuild     U  ] sys-libs/glibc-2.43-r2:2.2::gentoo [2.42-
r7:2.2::gentoo] USE="cet multiarch (multilib) ssp stack-realign (static-
libs) -audit -caps (-clang) -compile-locales (-custom-cflags) -doc -gd 
-hash-sysv-compat -headers-only -multilib-bootstrap -nscd -perl -profile 
(-selinux) (-sframe) -suid -systemd -systemtap -test (-vanilla) -verify-
sig" 19,919 KiB
[ebuild     U  ] net-libs/llhttp-9.4.1:0/9.4::gentoo 
[9.2.1:0/9.2::gentoo] 40 KiB
[ebuild     U  ] sys-apps/coreutils-9.11-r1::gentoo [9.11::gentoo] 
USE="acl nls openssl xattr -caps -gmp -hostname -kill -multicall (-
selinux) (-split-usr) -static -test -test-full -vanilla -verify-sig" 0 
KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-libs/userspace-rcu-0.15.6:0/8::gentoo  USE="-
static-libs -test -verify-sig" 670 KiB
[ebuild   R    ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.18.33-r1:6.18.33-r1::gentoo  
USE="-build -experimental -symlink -vanilla%" 0 KiB
[ebuild     U  ] net-dns/bind-9.20.23::gentoo [9.18.49::gentoo] USE="xml 
-dnstap -doc -doh -fixed-rrset -geoip -gssapi -idn (-jemalloc) -lmdb (-
selinux) -static-libs -systemtap% -test -verify-sig% (-caps%*)" 5,701 
KiB
[ebuild     U  ] net-firewall/arno-iptables-firewall-2.1.2a-r1::gentoo 
[2.1.2a::gentoo] USE="plugins -rsyslog" 139 KiB
[ebuild     U  ] dev-libs/libgit2-1.9.3:0/1.9::gentoo 
[1.9.2:0/1.9::gentoo] USE="ssh -examples -gssapi -test -trace" 7,495 KiB

Total: 8 packages (6 upgrades, 1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 
33,963 KiB
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Well, it was installed and has been running since a week ago:

~ $ uname -r
6.18.33-gentoo-r1


I let emerge run and it was reinstalled:

# genlop sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.18.33-r1
 * sys-kernel/gentoo-sources

     Wed May 27 08:27:12 2026 >>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.18.33-r1
     Sun Jun  7 10:50:36 2026 >>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.18.33-r1


This is what it reported:

 * Messages for package sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.18.33-r1:

 * Note: Even though you have successfully unmerged
 * your kernel package, directories in kernel source location:
 * /usr/src/linux-6.18.33-gentoo-r1
 * with modified files will remain behind. By design, package managers
 * will not remove these modified files and the directories they reside 
in.
 * For more detailed kernel removal instructions, please see:
 * https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Removal

 * Messages for package sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.18.33-r1:

 * If you are upgrading from a previous kernel, you may be interested
 * in the following document:
 *   - General upgrade guide: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/
Upgrade
 * Install additional packages for optional runtime features:
 *   sys-kernel/installkernel for versioned kernel image installation 
and optionally automating tasks such as generating an initramfs or 
unified kernel image


I don't understand.  Why would it be re-installed today?  Can anyone 
shed some light into this?

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