neysx 06/05/27 13:51:57 Modified: gentoo-upgrading.xml Log: #124261 update to 2006.0, at last
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For -instance, the default x86 2005.1 profile can be found -at <path>/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1</path>. +instance, the default x86 2006.0 profile can be found +at <path>/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.0</path>. The files in the parent directories are part of the profile as well (and are therefore shared by different subprofiles). This is why we call these <e>cascaded profiles</e>. @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ <body> <p> -If a release (such as 2005.1 for x86) introduces a new profile, you have the +If a release (such as 2006.0 for x86) introduces a new profile, you have the choice to migrate to the new profile. </p> @@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ </tr> <tr> <th>alpha</th> - <ti>2005.0, 2005.0/2.4</ti> - <ti></ti> + <ti>2006.0</ti> + <ti>2005.0, 2005.0/2.4, no-nptl, no-nptl/2.4</ti> </tr> <tr> <th>arm</th> @@ -213,43 +213,43 @@ </tr> <tr> <th>amd64</th> - <ti>2005.1, 2005.1/no-multilib</ti> - <ti>2005.0, 2005.0/no-multilib, 2004.3</ti> + <ti>2006.0</ti> + <ti>2005.1, 2005.1/no-multilib, 2005.0, 2005.0/no-multilib</ti> </tr> <tr> <th>hppa</th> - <ti>2005.0, 2005.0/2.4</ti> + <ti>2005.0</ti> <ti>2004.3, 2004.2</ti> </tr> <tr> <th>ia64</th> - <ti>2005.0</ti> - <ti>2004.3</ti> + <ti>2006.0</ti> + <ti>2005.0, 2004.3</ti> </tr> <tr> <th>ppc</th> - <ti>2005.1</ti> - <ti>2005.0, 2004.3, 2004.0</ti> + <ti>2006.0</ti> + <ti>2005.1, 2005.0, 2004.3, 2004.0</ti> </tr> <tr> <th>mips</th> - <ti>2005.0</ti> - <ti>2004.2</ti> + <ti>2006.0</ti> + <ti>2005.0, 2004.2</ti> </tr> <tr> <th>s390</th> + <ti>2006.0</ti> <ti>2004.3</ti> - <ti></ti> </tr> <tr> <th>sparc</th> - <ti>2005.1</ti> - <ti>2005.0</ti> + <ti>2006.0, 2006.0/2.4</ti> + <ti>2005.1, 2005.0</ti> </tr> <tr> <th>x86</th> - <ti>2005.1, 2005.1/2.4</ti> - <ti>2005.0, 2005.0/2.4</ti> + <ti>2006.0, no-nptl/2.4</ti> + <ti>2005.1, 2005.0</ti> </tr> </table> @@ -260,6 +260,56 @@ <chapter id="instructions"> <title>Profile updating instructions</title> <section> +<title>Updating to 2006.0</title> +<body> + +<p> +To switch to the 2006.0 profile, point the <path>/etc/make.profile</path> +symlink to the new location. Make sure your Portage is updated before you +change your profile. +</p> + +<pre caption="Changing to a 2006.0 profile"> +# <i>rm /etc/make.profile</i> +# <i>ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/</i><selected profile><i> /etc/make.profile</i> +</pre> + +<p> +<b>alpha</b> - Users that use a 2.4 kernel or don't want to use NPTL should use +the default-linux/alpha/no-nptl profile. More information is available in <uri +link="/proj/en/releng/release/2006.0/alpha-release-notes.xml">the alpha release +notes</uri>. +</p> + +<p> +<b>ppc</b> - The merge of the ppc32 and ppc64 profiles went forward. The ppc32 +profile has been changed in a way that offers a minimalistic generic profile +for all purposes, located in default-linux/ppc/ppc32. The release-dependent +profile is optimized for desktop-usage and located in +default-linux/ppc/ppc32/2006.0. There are some subprofiles available for G3 and +G4 processors, and G3/Pegasos and G4/Pegasos for the Pegasos Open Desktop +Workstation. Make sure you choose the correct subprofile for your system when +migrating to a 2006.0 profile. +</p> + +<p> +<b>sparc</b> - Upgrading to the <b>2.4</b>-kernel based 2006.0/2.4 profile +requires manual user intervention (unmerging java stuff) and an <c>emerge -e +world</c> because of the <uri link="/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml">gcc +upgrade</uri>.<br/> +Upgrading to the <b>2.6</b>-kernel based 2006.0 profile which is not considered +stable also requires an entry in <path>/etc/portage/package.unmask</path> to +umask a 2.6 version of <c>gentoo-sources</c> and a full rebuild. +</p> + +<p> +<b>All other archs</b> - There are no fundamental changes in this profile. No +specific action needs to be performed. +</p> + +</body> +</section> +<section> <title>Updating to 2005.1</title> <body> -- [email protected] mailing list
