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

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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.

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