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On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:01:12 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> I'm still very confused by profiles, though I obviously need to get to |
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> grips with them. What is a profile, _EXACTLY_? Where in the |
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> documentation can I find a description which says something like ".... a |
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> profile is a directory which contains the following files" and then |
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> lists them? There are lots of instructions to "set foobar in your |
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> profile", but the only description I've found so far just says "A |
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> profile is a building block for any Gentoo system" in the Gentoo Linux |
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> x86 Handbook, and then goes on to describe what a profile _does_ in |
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> abstract terms but not what it _is_ in terms of directories and files. |
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See man portage for a description of the individual files that make up a |
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profile. |
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> That section says that I "have" the option of choosing another profile |
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> too, but not how to recognise a profile from a random directory or |
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> file. I don't understand how to select it. |
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> I have a link |
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> /etc/make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0 |
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> , set up as suggested in the handbook. Is .../2008.0 my profile? Is |
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> this valid? There doesn't appear to be anything of substance there. |
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That's certainly a valid profile. You may find it easier to use eselect |
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to manage your profiles, then you know you are always using a valid |
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profile, even if it may not be the best one for you. |
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eselect profile list |
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eselect profile help |
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