Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Openoffice build error (#2 to keep them in line)

[Vladimir G. Ivanovic]

On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 07:21 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 October 2006 03:16, "Vladimir G. Ivanovic"
> <vgivanovic@×××××××.net> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64]  Re: Openoffice
> build error (#2 to keep them in line)':
> > Any idea why all the
> > examples for changing a profile in the "Gentoo Upgrading Guide" have two
> > leading periods, as in:
> >
> > ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop \
> >       /etc/make.profile
> >
> > The two periods seem completely redundant to me.
>
> Think of having a Gentoo system under, e.g., /chroot while / has another OS
> or just a Gentoo system that uses a different PORTDIR.  You
> need /chroot/etc/make.profile to point to /chroot/usr/portage/<stuff>
> before your execute the 'chroot /chroot /bin/bash' command
> and /usr/portage/<stuff> afterwards.  Using a relative path, as opposed to
> an absolute path, is required to get that behavior.

OK, got it. Thanks.

--- Vladimir

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