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On Tuesday 27 October 2009 01:31:27 Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> My profile has been |
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> ../usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0 |
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> starting an update system today I'm told my profile is depricated and |
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> to update to default/linux/x86/10.0 |
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> I've forgotten about how this is done. Is it just a matter of |
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> ln -sf |
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> /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/10.0 /etc/make.profile ? |
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yes |
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> Or does it involve something like a major regrind of every package? |
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no |
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> A quick google with site:gentoo.org "change profile" shows dozens of |
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> hits in forum messages, but I didn't notice a HOWTO or concise |
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> walk-thru. |
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It's in the gentoo docs - remember that long thing you read when you installed |
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gentoo the first time, and probably haven't read again? yes, that one :-) |
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All a profile does is specify some default standard packages for system, |
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default USE flags and some other various bits and pieces. Once you have set |
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your make.conf up the way you want, very little in the way of profile changes |
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affect you. |
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If you find forum posts that go on about large re-emerges of world and other |
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nonsense, well you should understand that such comments represent the average |
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level of cluelessness of your average forum user and you should treat it as |
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such |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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