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Gentoo uses cascading profiles. Each file that defines base defaults for your |
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system, like <c>make.defaults</c>, <c>packages</c>, etc. can inherit the |
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contents of like files from parent directories. Files named <c>parent</c> |
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<pre caption="Exploring profile details (optional)"> |
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../usr/portage/profiles/<keyval id="profile"/> |
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make.defaults packages parent |
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