Bug 110195 – Error in Chapter 2, Part 2 of the Handbook: USE flags

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: [OLD] Docs-user

[Description Eric Pretorious 2005-10-22 23:13:31 UTC]

The "Precedence" section describes the /etc/make.profile/use.defaults file. This
is not the actual location of the use.defaults file for 2005.1 systems.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
%>  readlink /etc/make.profile
../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1
Actual Results:  
%> find /usr/portage -name use.defaults
/usr/portage/profiles/base/use.defaults
/usr/portage/profiles/embedded/use.defaults
/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/use.defaults
/usr/portage/profiles/hardened/x86/use.defaults
/usr/portage/profiles/hardened/amd64/use.defaults
/usr/portage/profiles/vserver/use.defaults

[Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) 2005-10-22 23:19:09 UTC]

(In reply to comment #0)
> The "Precedence" section describes the /etc/make.profile/use.defaults file. This
> is not the actual location of the use.defaults file for 2005.1 systems.

Yes and no. make.profile is a _symlink_ to the profiles found in
/usr/portage/profiles. Please *read the manpage* for Portage: man portage.
Scroll down to the "make.profile" and "make.defaults" section. ;)

[Comment 2 SpanKY 2005-10-24 06:57:56 UTC]

earlier in the chapter this stuff is explained

both the /etc/make.profile symlink and the stacked profiles

[Comment 3 Eric Pretorious 2005-10-24 22:33:30 UTC]

The Handbook states...

#  Default USE setting declared in the make.defaults files part of your profile
# Inherited USE setting if a package from /etc/make.profile/use.defaults is
installed
# User-defined USE setting in /etc/make.conf
# User-defined USE setting in /etc/portage/package.use
# User-defined USE setting as environment variable

The /etc/make.profile/use.defaults does NOT exist. Have I overlooked some
relevant passage? Could this be an issue with the x86/2005.1 profile?

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2005-10-25 06:27:01 UTC]

yes, you missed the earlier part in the chapter where it talks about
cascading profiles

[Comment 5 Jan Kundrát (RETIRED) 2005-10-25 07:42:07 UTC]

Nope, Handbook should be fixed to include something like 
"check /etc/make.profile/use.defaults (if exists) and use.defaults of parent 
profiles". 

[Comment 6 SpanKY 2005-10-25 08:18:42 UTC]

or we just change it to 'use.defaults' so people who skip the section
on cascading profiles will stop filing bugs

[Comment 7 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2005-10-25 11:24:55 UTC]

SpanKY++... "your profile's use.defaults" would probably suit the context and
the issue. 

[Comment 8 SpanKY 2005-10-25 17:22:24 UTC]

should be set now then