Re: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:14:06PM +0000, Collins Richey wrote:
> > From "emerge --help system":
> > 
> > emerge [ options ] system
> > 
> > "emerge system" is the Portage system update command.  When run, it
> > will scan the /etc/make.profile/packages file and determine what
> > packages need to be installed so that your system meets the minimum
> > requirements of your current system profile.  Note that this doesn't
> > necessarily bring your system up-to-date at all; instead, it just
> > ensures that you have no missing parts.  For example, if your system
> > profile specifies that you should have sys-apps/iptables installed
> > and you don't, then "emerge system" will install it (the most
> > recent version that matches the profile spec) for you.  It's always a
> > good idea to do an "emerge --pretend system" before an "emerge
> > system", just so you know what emerge is planning to do.
> > 
> 
> The answer is quite informative, but what is "your current system
> profile"?

/etc/make.profile is a symlink that points to your current system profile,
which normally resides in /usr/portage/profiles.  Right now, it should be
the "default" profile.

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