On Sat, 2 Dec 2017 16:13:47 -0500
Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure if anything is using that particular profile. I tried to
> create a new subprofile myself,
> 
> https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-hardened/message/ab7ef753aa88f21c8a05d667cf511a24
> 
> and wound up (indirectly) using arch/amd64/no-multilib as the parent
> instead of your [1]. I think USE="pic" by default is the only
> difference.
> 
> In any case, until it becomes official, I'm probably just going to
> fake the profile with a symlink to the no-multilib profile's
> use.mask. That at least prevents me from building a multilib gcc,
> glibc, and sandbox.

Having created some profiles myself for my own purposes. Seems Gentoo
could really use and benefit from Funtoo's Flavors and Mix-ins. Seems
a much better approach than the current profiles situation in Gentoo.
https://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo_Profiles


"This new system is really a completion of the original cascading
profile design that was co-designed by Daniel Robbins and Seemant
Kulleen and implemented by Seemant Kulleen as part of Portage."
https://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo_Profiles#History_and_Origins

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.

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