Re: [gentoo-user] emerge advises upgrade profile

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 27 October 2009 01:48:22 William Kenworthy wrote:
> rattus ~ # eselect profile list
> Available profile symlink targets:
>   [1]   default/linux/x86/10.0 *
>   [2]   default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop
>   [3]   default/linux/x86/10.0/developer
>   [4]   default/linux/x86/10.0/server
>   [5]   hardened/linux/x86/10.0
>   [6]   selinux/2007.0/x86
>   [7]   selinux/2007.0/x86/hardened
>   [8]   selinux/v2refpolicy/x86
>   [9]   selinux/v2refpolicy/x86/desktop
>   [10]  selinux/v2refpolicy/x86/developer
>   [11]  selinux/v2refpolicy/x86/hardened
>   [12]  selinux/v2refpolicy/x86/server
> rattus ~ #

In almost all cases [2] or [4] is a better choice than [1]



> 
> On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 18:31 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
> > My profile has been
> >     ../usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0
> >
> > starting an update system today I'm told my profile is depricated and
> > to update to default/linux/x86/10.0
> >
> > I've forgotten about how this is done.  Is it just a matter of
> >
> >   ln -sf
> >  /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/10.0 /etc/make.profile ?
> >
> > Or does it involve something like a major regrind of every package?
> >
> > A quick google with site:gentoo.org "change profile" shows dozens of
> > hits in forum messages, but I didn't notice a HOWTO or concise
> > walk-thru.
> 

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