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From: Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Cutting down on non-cascaded profiles
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 12:44:05
Message-Id: 200505032143.57776.jstubbs@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Cutting down on non-cascaded profiles by Aaron Walker
1 On Tuesday 03 May 2005 17:53, Aaron Walker wrote:
2 > Donnie Berkholz wrote:
3 > > How long are all those non-cascaded profiles going to stick around? They
4 > > make profile changes a mess for anyone who wants to do something crazy
5 > > like change default USE flags for everyone. (Who would ever need to do
6 > > that?!?!)
7 >
8 > The new profiles.desc format should solve this problem (what's valid and
9 > not) whenever it's added. What's the ETA on this anyways? Doesn't the
10 > latest repoman support it?
11
12 There is no change in format. There was only the question of whether multiple
13 profiles per architecture is supported. From 2.0.51.20 onward, it is.
14
15 Regards,
16 Jason Stubbs