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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] Re: profile deprecation messages
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:06:03
Message-Id: 51E49C73.70908@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-alt] Re: profile deprecation messages by "René Berber"
1 On 07/15/2013 05:52 PM, René Berber wrote:
2 > On 7/15/2013 2:14 PM, Zac Medico wrote:
3 >> On 07/15/2013 06:36 AM, Burcin Erocal wrote:
4 >>> Hi,
5 >>>
6 >>> I am still getting the "Your current profile is deprecated ..."
7 >>> messages. I guess this can be resolved with the attached patch.
8 >>>
9 >>> Is there any reason not to bump the pointers in prefix profiles to 13.0
10 >>> versions instead of the deprecated 10.0 ones that used right now?
11 >>
12 >> Alternatives are discussed here:
13 >>
14 >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.alt/6552
15 >>
16 >> Since the bootstrap-prefix script [1] now uses
17 >> prefix-portage-2.2.01.21864 which supports EAPI 5, updating the existing
18 >> profiles in-place is feasible, though it may cause some some upgrade
19 >> hassle for anyone who still has an older version of prefix-portage which
20 >> does not support EAPI 5.
21 >>
22 >> [1]
23 >> http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/alt/browser/trunk/prefix-overlay/scripts/bootstrap-prefix.sh?format=txt
24 >>
25 >
26 > What about the command shown with the message (eselect profile set
27 > default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib), would that work?
28
29 No, that deprecation message is inherited from a non-prefix profile, so
30 it is inappropriate. The only appropriate solutions are discussed here:
31
32 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.alt/6552
33
34 It's possible for the prefix profile to override the deprecation
35 message, which might be a good idea, in order to prevent people from
36 switching to a non-prefix profile accidentally.
37 --
38 Thanks,
39 Zac

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Re: [gentoo-alt] Re: profile deprecation messages Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>