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On Saturday 08 November 2008 19:13:15 Stroller wrote: |
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> > ... if you use Gentoo on a desktop enable the |
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> > desktop profile. ... |
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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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> Eventually - after enabling PORTAGE_ELOG_* and being inundated with |
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> warning spam for packages which had compiled without problems - I was |
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> unable to tolerate this behaviour any longer & switched to a desktop |
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> profile instead. |
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> So has something changed since I experienced this, or have many other |
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> people just been ignoring the nuisance of the warning messages? |
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> I guess I chose a server profile in the first place because it seemed |
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> more "correct" for me to do so (seeing as all my machines are |
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> servers), but since I'm quite happy to put USE="-X -gtk -qt &c" in my |
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> make.conf I can't see that it makes much difference. |
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I tend to do the same as you. I like the idea of desktop, server and hardened |
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profiles but if the server profile is untested, then one has to ask the |
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question - why is it even there? Can profiles be "masked" in a way analogous |
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to packages? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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