Re: [gentoo-user] Question re: make.conf/profile location change

[Marc Joliet]

Am Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:30:57 -0400
schrieb Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>:

> On 2013-08-11 1:06 PM, Marc Joliet <marcec@×××.de> wrote:
> > Yes, I agree that that might perhaps have been nice to mention it in the news
> > item (although IMHO that's the sort of information the man pages are there
> > for), but it *is* crystal clear in the docs, or do you not count the man pages
> > to the docs?
>
> Ok, you're right... :)
>
> > AFAIK eselect profile uses the new location, but I don't remember how precisely
> > I moved it (not that it matters).
>
> I just tried changing it
>
> eselect profile set 3
> eselect profile set 1
>
> and it didn't create the link in /etc/portage, it is still in /etc...

Ah, then it *preserves* the current location.  I have it in /etc/portage and
eselect profile kept it there, too.

However, I just checked and if you delete make.profile and then re-create it
with eselect profile it is created in /etc/portage.

> >> Not sure why the two preceeding dots are there in the current one in
> >> /etc, but they are...
> >
> > The current location is /etc/make.conf, right? Then ../usr/[...] will resolve
> > to /usr/[...], whereas your ln command above will resolve to /etc/usr/[...],
> > which is, erm, wrong :) .
>
> So, to do this manually just:
>
> ~ ln -s make.profile /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0
>
> ~ rm /etc/make.profile
>
> ?

I guess so. Or "rm /etc/make.profile && eselect profile set <whatever>" as
described above.

HTH
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Marc Joliet
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