On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:00:59 +0200, Harm Geerts wrote: snip... > > I remember a document where this was the procedure to set a profile. > I remember it because I found it odd it didn't use a symlink to set the > profile. I haven't been able to find this document, but I know it existed at > some point.
man 5 portage: /etc/make.profile/ This is usually just a symlink to the correct profile in /usr/portage/profiles/. Since it is part of the portage tree, it may easily be updated/regenerated by running `emerge --sync`. It defines what a profile is (usually arch specific stuff). If you need a custom profile, then you should make your own /etc/make.profile/ directory and populate it. However, if you just wish to override some settings, do NOT edit these files because they WILL be lost with the next `emerge --sync`. See the section below on /etc/portage/ for overriding. I still don't know why I did it. Maybe I did not want to update the profile, maybe there was a default use flag I did not like? I really don't recall when or why I did it! Beats me. -- Peter +++++ Do not reply to this email, it is a spam trap and not monitored. I can be reached via this list, or via jabber: pete4abw at jabber.org ICQ: 73676357 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list