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Linux x86 Handbook: Portage profiles are essentially undocumented.
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[patch]
proposed additional detail about cascading profiles 2008.0
hb-install-system.patch (text/plain), 1.77 KB, created by
Wirt Wolff
on 2008-08-07 10:37:31 UTC
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proposed additional detail about cascading profiles 2008.0
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>--- 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 @@ > <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> > <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> > >-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.111 2008/05/15 06:56:48 nightmorph Exp $ --> >+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.112 2008/08/07 02:57:52 nightmorph Exp $ --> > > <sections> > >@@ -226,6 +226,37 @@ > </p> > > <p> >+Gentoo uses cascading profiles. Each file that defines base defaults for your >+system, like <c>make.defaults</c>, <c>packages</c>, etc. can inherit the >+contents of like files from parent directories. Files named <c>parent</c> >+within the selected profile hierarchy specify which directories contain files >+to use to assemble the final profile. Values specified in files from profile >+sub-directories take precedence over values specified at a higher level. >+</p> >+ >+<warn> >+Do <e>not</e> edit the profile files directly. Gentoo provides other ways to >+customize and extend these settings. >+</warn> >+ >+<p> >+</p> >+ >+<pre caption="Exploring profile details (optional)"> >+# <i>pwd</i> >+../usr/portage/profiles/<keyval id="profile"/> >+# <i>cat parent</i> >+.. >+../../../../releases/2008.0 >+<comment>(Flat files from both of these directories will be combined, along >+with parents of parents and so on)</comment> >+# <i>ls ..</i> >+<comment>(Omitted to simplify example)</comment> >+# <i>ls ../../../../releases/2008.0</i> >+make.defaults packages parent >+</pre> >+ >+<p> > After viewing the available profiles for your architecture in > <path>/usr/portage/profiles/</path>, you can use a different one if you wish: > </p>
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