From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QLGx0-0002vo-HB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 May 2011 15:40:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EFE21C0C0; Sat, 14 May 2011 15:38:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8A311C0C0 for ; Sat, 14 May 2011 15:38:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwj40 with SMTP id 40so3383448wwj.10 for ; Sat, 14 May 2011 08:38:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Rnd3L+7FzMvnKI4uC77UvqZMAB3ehT35b6nBXju9jtM=; b=d1tY5bW30FSSNcpuK2iKPDmaPkrndnaQY+vF4eFkK7PNaJz4kRNYQIR1IjuXSXMBwN jApW1uKndPyOB4z8sRCNJifa/ApTxj4CFvJsUmb3FoDurCzAT+OGby5lDcj3Nlff3IHr AxkpNsiZ9E5Q3XX8TUbkEAD6PeCGgln9NwSR0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=TcUY2IYVRh97EJ0VQO2nAy0huHjaA3TXdijtWut0sknNCz7aa7fBN4VAwwH0G1oO7H vs9YKe7qcP1fEkKPMjO++AE/6SEaPzeQd2l2tc4Cg8lfANE5DlasIQdugN5YPEVOnIbh ZUB6Tz/fHVy/kr0OD7SBf8yeC399CPw3mgaRc= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.162.200 with SMTP id w8mr2572229wbx.114.1305387484767; Sat, 14 May 2011 08:38:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.138.10 with HTTP; Sat, 14 May 2011 08:38:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201105141251.14810.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <20110514103109.GA3053@acm.acm> <201105141251.14810.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 08:38:04 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Two portage questions From: "Kevin O'Gorman" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf30025e3652e84204a33e3566 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 23d466cf2fb8494e4bbfa3466bdb5292 --20cf30025e3652e84204a33e3566 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:51 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 12:31 on Saturday 14 May 2011, Alan > Mackenzie > did opine thusly: > > > Hi, Gentoo. > > > > Two questions about Portage whose ansers I haven't found in the fine > > manuals: > > > > 1. Where is it specified what is in "system" in the same way that > > "world" is in the file /var/lib/portage/world? > > That is defined in your system profile, not by you. > > /etc/make.profile is a symlink to something in $PORTDIR/profiles/ and that > Odd. Not on my system, it's not. It's a directory with two entries: eapi: a text file, length 2, with contents "2\n". parent: a text file with two lines: .. ../../../../../../targets/desktop/kde The parent is obviously not relative to the /etc/make.profile directory. Portage works, pretty much, although I have an unbuildable essential package at the moment with a bug just filed. Eix says my portage is 2.1.9.42. defines the profile you are using. A profile is nothing more than a bunch of > files that define what your basic system consists of - things like minimum > packages to install, things that must not be installed, starting point for > USE > flags, etc etc. > [snippage] > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD --20cf30025e3652e84204a33e3566 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:51 AM, Alan McKinnon <= span dir=3D"ltr"><alan.mckinn= on@gmail.com> wrote:
Apparently, though unproven, at 12:31 on Saturday 14 May 2011, Alan Mackenz= ie
did opine thusly:

> Hi, Gentoo.
>
> Two questions about Portage whose ansers I haven't found in the fi= ne
> manuals:
>
> 1. Where is it specified what is in "system" in the same way= that
> "world" is in the file /var/lib/portage/world?

That is defined in your system profile, not by you.

/etc/make.profile is a symlink to something in $PORTDIR/profiles/ and that<= br>

Odd.=C2=A0 Not on my system, it's not.=C2=A0 It&#= 39;s a directory with two=C2=A0 entries:
=C2=A0 eapi: a text file, lengt= h 2, with contents "2\n".
=C2=A0 parent: a text file with two = lines:
=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 ..
=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 ../../../../../../targets/desktop/kde
The parent is = obviously not relative to the /etc/make.profile directory.=C2=A0 Portage wo= rks,
pretty much, although I have an unbuildable essential package at th= e moment
with a bug just filed.=C2=A0 Eix says my portage is 2.1.9.42.
defines= the profile you are using. A profile is nothing more than a bunch of
files that define what your basic system consists of - things like minimum<= br> packages to install, things that must not be installed, starting point for = USE
flags, etc etc.
[snippage]
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

--
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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