Jonathan Callen <jcallen <at> gentoo.org> writes:
> The list of all profiles that can be chosen (for all architectures) > can be found in ${PORTDIR}/profiles/profiles.desc . There are other > "profile-like" directories under ${PORTDIR}/profiles, but these are > only used as parents for a "complete" profile, as would be listed in > profiles.desc. Most profiles do not change much, if anything, in the > <at> system set. The <at> system set contains much more than you would > probably need for a dedicated, embedded device. OK. So I want to build and embedded gentoo system on an amd64: model name : AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor What this the embedded profile? (show me the syntax for this?). I only need busybox (looking at the other embedded profiles). If I choose to install iptables, as the only package, after busybox, the dependancy-tree will pull in what else I need. Then just mod the kernel and I have embedded gentoo on an amd64 system with iptables. This will work, right? Isn't this what you are implying, or is the profile system incomplete? James