Re: [gentoo-user] What is the release date for 2006.1?

["Richard Fish" <bigfish@asmallpond.org>]

On 8/2/06, Justin R Findlay <justin@jfindlay.us> wrote:
> So why should I bother manually changing the /etc/make.profile symlink?

Well the main reason is because profiles will disappear from portage
after a certain amount of time, and you can't really run without a
profile!!

The main effects changing the profile has for an existing install are:

1. Updates to default USE flags and masks.
2. Updates to make.defaults
3. Updates to virtual package defaults.
4. Updates to the system package set, or minimum versions of the
system packages.

> Does this link get moved when the "release" is ready?

Changing the profile can sometimes cause a lot of updates, changes to
use flags, features, etc, so no, it is not done automatically.
Generally after changing the make.profile link, you will want to do an
"emerge -DNuvp world" to see what changed.

HTH,
-Richard
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