Re: [gentoo-user] Changing profiles

[Grant]

>> >> I've looked over this:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml
>> >>
>> >> but I'm still not sure if I can choose any of the above.
>> >
>> > ... why?  Do you have a specific question?  Did you even bother to try
>> > to choose one?
>>
>> I read a while back that changing from certain profiles to certain
>> other profiles is impossible without a complete reinstall.  I'd like
>> to change to hardened/amd64/multilib but also have the option to
>> switch to default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop if I have problems with a
>> hardened profile like I do on my laptop.  Can I do all that?
>
> Wow, why couldn't you have said that in your first post?  It would have
> saved a round trip.  Also, and I'm probably nit-picking here, but
> usually when I see a "I heard that" or "I read a while back" my initial
> thought is "What is your source" because a lot of times people will say
> things and have no idea wtf they're talking about (myself included).
>
> I couldn't find anything to support that, in fact the official Gentoo
> hardened docs seem to indicate you *can* switch to hardened (though you
> should probably read the docs yourself) but you basically need to
> recompile *everything* after switching to hardened.  You should read the
> hardened docs [1] and probably ask on the gentoo-hardened ML.
>
> However if you just want to switch from 2007.0/desktop to 2008.0/desktop
> that's perfectly fine/possible.  If people had to re-install every year
> when a new profile came out I think they'd get ticked off pretty quick.

I'm really surprised to hear that.  Can I switch my laptop from a
hardened profile to a non-hardened one?  I know I've been told I can't
do that.

You think an 'eselect profile set 2 && emerge -e world' will
accomplish the entire thing?

- Grant