From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D829D13877A for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:12:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4E044E0B7D; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:12:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f182.google.com (mail-ve0-f182.google.com [209.85.128.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AF09E0B79 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:11:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f182.google.com with SMTP id oy12so2527778veb.13 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:11:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Q75CBw4b6FSObGD9BfbW+UBOZbj49SjSbRO2pGCg+s0=; b=hnbC9MOpQ/FaQQvqIbF5T4/1fOwz47h0clHF0gDhma+9dG537Mkj0lYXRp2WW3fo2y P6oEYQ0kozIlwZqoxVOmCWFAxybqUjAVOFi17l66209fg43B8oNjpRgAWlS1WDcgsObV axUfcc1z3SOjDhlPzPbYJPpO4j+MEs675SlmWBqumVankmw2fKbLaFx+YtipwgOBNy72 yfanBnknWRd7EltkzANduxKhZXJJa637hHchq16bFS10Z185z1JyD+e4g3HZXFt7g5AO 7AX81bt1mQ50+/4lL64Sz0ZOrsSvLE0PCCHbIKu8DWEVYjrtT2fTIaJQm6/ECWjtCejx Gfig== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.29.16 with SMTP id f16mr8891251veh.23.1403723500501; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:11:40 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.30.227 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:11:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140625204457.6d6ed82b@pomiot.lan> References: <53AB007C.5070306@gentoo.org> <20140625204457.6d6ed82b@pomiot.lan> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:11:40 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: OhCZ2ldcheQNTyBR5FEzuextIfo Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Making a common sub-profile for no-multilib From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: fbe1ec7c-925c-41c2-985f-b0820b400975 X-Archives-Hash: ee249ce7f89ef4a020bdf2b3eda536c9 On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny = wrote: > Long story short, doing anything to Gentoo profiles is utter pain > and comes with random breakage guarantee. Therefore, I'm asking -- nuke > those damn profiles, and start over! The current situation is > completely unmaintainable. ++ But, would it make sense to just go the Funtoo route with "mix-ins." Basically instead of symlinking make.profile to a profile directory they turn make.profile into an actual profile which just has a parent that inherits all the real profiles, and eselect is designed to handle it. That would get rid of the 47 permutations in our current tree. It would also reduce the barrier to adding more options, since it means adding one subdir that only affects those who use/maintain it, and not 23 combinations that drive everybody mad. Rich