Re: [gentoo-user] Updated gentoo systems and fresh installs

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Trenton Adams wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>Is there a difference between the two? I have 2005.1 installed. As
>I've always understood it, my system will now always be up-to-date, as
>long as I keep updating it. Is 2006.0 any different than 2005.1 after
>the system has been installed?
>
>I'm just curious, because I have to install gentoo on a notebook, but
>I want package compatibility with my server.
>
>Thanks.
>
As I understand it, this is essentially true.  As long as you continue
to update your system, it will remain up to a date.  However,
depending upon your architecture, there may be packages that are
masked by profile.  I've really only seen this on SPARC systems, but
others may pop up as well.  For example, the 2.6 kernel is masked in
the 2005.1 SPARC profile, but not in the 2006.0 profile.  I am still
running the 2005.0 on my P4 x86 system, and haven't run into any
profile-related issues.

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