>> >> >> I've looked over this: >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml >> >> >> >> >> >> but I'm still not sure if I can choose any of the above. >> >> > >> >> > ... why? Do you have a specific question? Did you even bother to try >> >> > to choose one? >> >> >> >> I read a while back that changing from certain profiles to certain >> >> other profiles is impossible without a complete reinstall. I'd like >> >> to change to hardened/amd64/multilib but also have the option to >> >> switch to default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop if I have problems with a >> >> hardened profile like I do on my laptop. Can I do all that? >> > >> > Wow, why couldn't you have said that in your first post? It would have >> > saved a round trip. Also, and I'm probably nit-picking here, but >> > usually when I see a "I heard that" or "I read a while back" my initial >> > thought is "What is your source" because a lot of times people will say >> > things and have no idea wtf they're talking about (myself included). >> > >> > I couldn't find anything to support that, in fact the official Gentoo >> > hardened docs seem to indicate you *can* switch to hardened (though you >> > should probably read the docs yourself) but you basically need to >> > recompile *everything* after switching to hardened. You should read the >> > hardened docs [1] and probably ask on the gentoo-hardened ML. >> > >> > However if you just want to switch from 2007.0/desktop to 2008.0/desktop >> > that's perfectly fine/possible. If people had to re-install every year >> > when a new profile came out I think they'd get ticked off pretty quick. >> >> I'm really surprised to hear that. Can I switch my laptop from a >> hardened profile to a non-hardened one? I know I've been told I can't >> do that. >> >> You think an 'eselect profile set 2 && emerge -e world' will >> accomplish the entire thing? > > no, you have to do -e system first because system does not belong to world > anymore (for a couple of month it does not belong to world anymore. 6 or > something like that).
So a complete system recompile now requires 'emerge -e world' and 'emerge -e system'? - Grant
