On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:00:59 +0200, Harm Geerts wrote:
snip...
>
> I remember a document where this was the procedure to set a profile.
> I remember it because I found it odd it didn't use a symlink to set the
> profile. I haven't been able to find this document, but I know it existed at
> some point.
man 5 portage:
/etc/make.profile/
This is usually just a symlink to the correct profile in
/usr/portage/profiles/. Since it is part of the portage tree,
it may easily be updated/regenerated by running `emerge --sync`.
It defines what a profile is (usually arch specific stuff). If
you need a custom profile, then you should make your own
/etc/make.profile/ directory and populate it. However, if you
just wish to override some settings, do NOT edit these files
because they WILL be lost with the next `emerge --sync`. See
the section below on /etc/portage/ for overriding.
I still don't know why I did it. Maybe I did not want to update the
profile, maybe there was a default use flag I did not like? I really don't
recall when or why I did it! Beats me.
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