Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

[Ned Ludd]

On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 16:30 +0200, Simon Stelling wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As per bug 148388 [1] comment 1, I'd like to discuss the deprecation of
> /etc/make.profile and the use of a PORTAGE_PROFILE variable instead.
> Reason for this change aside from consistency with all other portage
> settings is the annoyance of re-adjusting the /etc/make.profile link
> before and after testing a profile change in an overlay/development repo.

PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT= kinda solves your problem. But I do admit it would 
be a lot easier dealing with a variable vs having to parse the symlink 
to figure out the profile.

If this change does happen I'd suggest that we support make.profile 
symlinks as long as they exist unless the make.conf defines the 
variable. If variable exists it should override.

-- 
Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
Gentoo Linux

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