--- hb-install-system.xml 2008-08-07 00:56:26.000000000 -0600
+++ hb-install-system.xml 2008-08-07 02:57:52.000000000 -0600
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
-
+
+Gentoo uses cascading profiles. Each file that defines base defaults for your
+system, like
+
+ ++# pwd +../usr/portage/profiles/+ ++# cat parent +.. +../../../../releases/2008.0 + (Flat files from both of these directories will be combined, along +with parents of parents and so on) +# ls .. +(Omitted to simplify example) +# ls ../../../../releases/2008.0 +make.defaults packages parent +
After viewing the available profiles for your architecture in