[gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: hb-install-system.xml

[Josh Saddler]

nightmorph    07/03/19 11:37:25

  Modified:             hb-install-system.xml
  Log:
  removing 2.4 profiles as they don't exist anymore, also adding a small all-arches example of how to switch profiles

Revision  Changes    Path
1.29                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-system.xml

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Index: hb-install-system.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-system.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.28
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -r1.28 -r1.29
--- hb-install-system.xml	19 Mar 2007 09:37:55 -0000	1.28
+++ hb-install-system.xml	19 Mar 2007 11:37:25 -0000	1.29
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.28 2007/03/19 09:37:55 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.29 2007/03/19 11:37:25 nightmorph Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 
 <pre caption="Verifying system profile">
 # <i>ls -FGg /etc/make.profile</i>
-lrwxrwxrwx  1 48 Apr  8 18:51 /etc/make.profile -> ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1/
+lrwxrwxrwx  1 48 Apr  8 18:51 /etc/make.profile -> ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2007.0/
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -220,46 +220,27 @@
 
 <p>
 There are also <c>desktop</c> and <c>server</c> subprofiles available for some
-architectures. Look inside the <path>2006.1/</path> profile to see if there is
+architectures. Look inside the <path>2007.0/</path> profile to see if there is
 one available for your architecture. You may wish to view the <c>desktop</c>
 profile's <path>make.defaults</path> to determine if it fits your needs.
 </p>
 
-<p test="func:keyval('arch')='AMD64'">
-If you want to have a pure 64-bit environment, with no 32-bit applications or
-libraries, you should use a non-multilib profile:
-</p>
-
-<pre test="func:keyval('arch')='AMD64'" caption="Switching to a non-multilib profile">
-# <i>ln -snf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/amd64/2006.1/no-multilib /etc/make.profile</i>
-</pre>
-
 <p>
-Some users may wish to install a system based on the older Linux 2.4 profile.
-If you have good reason to do this, then you should first check that an
-additional profile exists. On x86, we can do this with the following command:
+After viewing the available profiles for your architecture in
+<path>/usr/portage/profiles/</path>, you can use a different one if you wish:
 </p>
 
-<pre caption="Finding out if an additional profile exists">
-# <i>ls -d /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4</i>
-/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4
+<pre caption="Changing profiles">
+# <i>ln -snf /usr/portage/profiles/&lt;profile name&gt; /etc/make.profile</i>
 </pre>
 
-<p>
-The above example shows that the additional 2.4 profile exists (i.e. it didn't
-complain about missing file or directory). It is recommended that you stay with
-the default, but if you wish to switch, you can do so as follows:
+<p test="func:keyval('arch')='AMD64'">
+If you want to have a pure 64-bit environment, with no 32-bit applications or
+libraries, you should use a non-multilib profile:
 </p>
 
-<pre caption="Switching to a 2.4 profile">
-<comment>(Make sure you use the right architecture, the example below is for x86)</comment>
-# <i>ln -snf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4 /etc/make.profile</i>
-<comment>(List the files in the 2.4 profile)</comment>
-# <i>ls -FGg /etc/make.profile/</i>
-total 12
--rw-r--r--  1 939 Dec 10 14:06 packages
--rw-r--r--  1 347 Dec  3  2004 parent
--rw-r--r--  1 573 Dec  3  2004 virtuals
+<pre test="func:keyval('arch')='AMD64'" caption="Switching to a non-multilib profile">
+# <i>ln -snf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/amd64/2006.1/no-multilib /etc/make.profile</i>
 </pre>
 
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