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Stroller wrote: |
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> On 8 Nov 2008, at 17:35, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: |
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>> Stroller schrieb am 08.11.2008 18:13: |
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>>> I wouldn't be inclined to assume a new user might be using a server |
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>>> profile because last time I checked these spit out an ugly warning |
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>>> message about "this profile being untested" for EVERY SINGLE package |
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>>> emerged. |
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>>> ... |
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>> I don't know if the server profile is untested. I for myself neither use |
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>> a server nor a desktop profile. Here is my profile symlink. |
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>> /etc/make.profile -> |
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>> /media/system/repositories/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0 |
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> I assume you're aware that if you look inside that directory you'll |
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> find "desktop" and "server" subdirectories? |
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> $ ls /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0/ |
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> desktop developer parent server |
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> $ ls -l /etc/make.profile |
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Oct 8 07:01 /etc/make.profile -> |
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> /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0 |
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> $ ls /etc/make.profile |
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> desktop developer parent server |
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> $ |
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> In this case I had assumed the "default" was for Portage simply to |
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> assume desktop. |
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> Stroller. |
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From my understanding, portage doesn't look in the subdirectories, just |
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the files in the directory. If that is still correct, then it doesn't |
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matter what is below that. |
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Also, keep in mind that back in the early days, there was no desktop or |
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server profiles. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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