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From: David Sparks <daves@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] make.profile symlink now points nowhere (was default-x86-1.4)
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:57:43
Message-Id: 42571A76.6070908@activestate.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] make.profile symlink now points nowhere (was default-x86-1.4) by Francesco Riosa
1 Francesco Riosa wrote:
2 > David Sparks wrote:
3 >
4 >> Why was the x86-1.4 profile deleted? I have several machines that after
5 >> a `emerge sync` now have a non-functional profile:
6 >>
7 >>
8 > because 2004.0 is the same as 1.4 (don't ask where I've readed it)
9
10 I tried linking to 2004.0 and got the same error as below.
11
12 >> !!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'
13 >> !!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this. If it does
14 >> !!! not then please report this to bugs.gentoo.org and, if possible, a
15 >> dev
16 >> !!! on #gentoo (irc.freenode.org)
17
18
19
20 >>> I tried symlinking make.profile to a newer profile and got this:
21 >
22 >
23 > unlink that profile, update your portage to the latest version, and then set
24 > the profile to default-linux/x86/2005.0
25
26 # rm make.profile
27 # emerge portage
28
29
30 !!! /etc/make.profile is not a symlink and will probably prevent most
31 merges.
32 !!! It should point into a profile within /usr/portage/profiles/
33 !!! (You can safely ignore this message when syncing. It's harmless.)
34
35
36 !!! ARCH is not set... Are you missing the /etc/make.profile symlink?
37 !!! Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete?
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