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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Identifying inherit-only / usable profiles
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:13:37
Message-Id: 20041203141338.017ba84c@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Identifying inherit-only / usable profiles by Jason Stubbs
1 On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 22:26:17 +0900 Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
2 wrote:
3 | # ln -sf /usr/portage/profiles/base /etc/make.profile
4 | # emerge -p system
5 |
6 | These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
7 |
8 | !!! ARCH is not set... Are you missing the /etc/make.profile symlink?
9 | !!! Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete?
10
11 Indeed. So... Can anyone think of a better name than "inherit-only"? Can
12 anyone think of a good way of indicating this other than by an empty
13 file? Would it be reasonable for me to file a bug asking that at some
14 point in the future portage detects the existence of said file and
15 displays a better message instead?
16
17 --
18 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, Sparc, Mips)
19 Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org
20 Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm

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