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On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:35:02 +0700, Ста Деюс wrote: |
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> But i still do not understand why there is no choice of the desired |
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> packages but profiles only. |
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A profile is only a starting point, a default set of packages and USE |
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flags for common scenarios. It is up to the user/admin to decide which |
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packages they want to install on each system, so a one size fits all |
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approach would not be useful. |
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If you want to install the same group of packages on multiple machines, |
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create a set and copy it to /etc/portage/sets. I have a base set that I |
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install on everything, containing all the things I always fond useful, and |
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a desktop set for, well, you can probably guess. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Give me ambiguity or give me something else. |
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