* System Administrator [sysadm@...] [2002-06-11 15:59 -0400]:

> In the ppc install instructions it says
>
> Note: Be sure that /etc/make.conf has the ppc settings. It should
> probably just be a link to /usr/portage/profiles/default-ppc.

At one point in time gentoo-ppc had it's own portage whereas now it uses
gentoo-portage (along with the x86 and sparc ports). The quickstart was
(AIR) written prior to this merger. If you are using the 1.2.{iso,tbz2)
then the /etc/make.conf SYNC variable will point to gentoo-portage,
which i believe is what the quickstart author (David Chamberlain) means
by "ppc-settings" (along with CFLAGS and CHOST).

> My question is 1. is this old info, 2.what does this mean, am i to
> create a link named /etc/make.conf pointing at
> /usr/portage/profiles/default-ppc, (this by the way is a directory?)?
> What about the existing make.conf, the text file is this only good for
> x86 installs?

My guess is that this was written prior to portage 1.8.9.
I think (and David can correct me) this now means make.profile being
sym-linked to /usr/portage/defualt/defualt-ppc-1.0

OK we need better docs ;)

PPC questions are best fielded in the gentooppc-user list (here Cc'd)
see:

http://lists.gentoo.org/

HTH

cal

ps. omniarch-ny.com <= another gentoo-ppc user in NY oiii