On Saturday 08 November 2008 19:13:15 Stroller wrote: > > ... if you use Gentoo on a desktop enable the > > desktop profile. ... > > I wouldn't be inclined to assume a new user might be using a server > profile because last time I checked these spit out an ugly warning > message about "this profile being untested" for EVERY SINGLE package > emerged. > > Eventually - after enabling PORTAGE_ELOG_* and being inundated with > warning spam for packages which had compiled without problems - I was > unable to tolerate this behaviour any longer & switched to a desktop > profile instead. > > So has something changed since I experienced this, or have many other > people just been ignoring the nuisance of the warning messages? > > I guess I chose a server profile in the first place because it seemed > more "correct" for me to do so (seeing as all my machines are > servers), but since I'm quite happy to put USE="-X -gtk -qt &c" in my > make.conf I can't see that it makes much difference.
I tend to do the same as you. I like the idea of desktop, server and hardened profiles but if the server profile is untested, then one has to ask the question - why is it even there? Can profiles be "masked" in a way analogous to packages? -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
