On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:06:39 -0500 James Cloos wrote: > >>>>> "AKH" == Andreas K Huettel writes: > > AKH> To be honest I did not really see the necessity since the "big red > AKH> warning" exactly tells you what to do (and even which profile to > AKH> pick, which would be more complicated in a news item). > > But it doesn't tell one why the change was made, what differences to > expect once it is done. > > What does: > > diff -uNr profiles/default/linux/amd64/10.0/eapi profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/eapi > --- profiles/default/linux/amd64/10.0/eapi 2009-08-17 14:54:00.000000000 -0400 > +++ profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/eapi 2013-01-20 06:31:02.000000000 -0500 > @@ -1 +1 @@ > -2 > +5 > > actually *do* to one's system? Out of curiosity, does portage suggest switching to the new profiles even if it doesn't support its EAPI? -- Best regards, Michał Górny