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<guide>
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<title>Gentoo Upgrading Guide</title>
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<author title="Author">
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<mail link="greg_g@gentoo.org">Gregorio Guidi</mail>
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</author>
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<author title="Editor">
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<mail link="wolf31o2@gentoo.org">Chris Gianelloni</mail>
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</author>
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<author title="Editor">
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<mail link="nightmorph@gentoo.org">Joshua Saddler</mail>
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</author>
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<abstract>
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This document explains how new Gentoo releases affect existing installs.
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</abstract>
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
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<license/>
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<version>6</version>
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<date>2013-04-06</date>
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<chapter>
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<title>Gentoo and Upgrades</title>
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<section>
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<title>Philosophy</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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Here in Gentoo land, the concept of upgrading is quite different compared to
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the rest of the Linux world. You probably already know that we never got in
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touch with the "classic" way of upgrading software: waiting for a new release,
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downloading it, burning, putting it in the cdrom drive and then following the
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upgrade instructions.
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</p>
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<p>
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You know (being a Gentoo user after all) that this process is extremely
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frustrating for power users that want to live on the bleeding edge. Even power
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users from other distributions probably share the same feelings, given the
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popularity and spread of tools like apt or apt-rpm which make it
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possible to have quick and frequent updates. However, no distribution is more
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suited than Gentoo to satisfy these kind of demanding users. From the
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beginning, Gentoo was designed around the concept of fast, incremental
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updates.
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</p>
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<p>
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Ideally, you install once and never bother with releases: just follow the
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instructions in <uri
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link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1">A Portage
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Introduction</uri> in the <uri link="/doc/en/handbook/">Gentoo Handbook</uri>
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that explain how to keep your system up to date. While that's the way things
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usually go, sometimes changes are made to the core system which require updates
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to be done manually.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Releases and Profiles</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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A recurring question about the Gentoo release process is: "Why roll out new
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releases frequently, if they are not intended to let users update software?"
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There are various reasons:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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A new release means new Installation CDs with bugfixes and more features
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</li>
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<li>
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A new release provides an updated set of GRP packages, so that users that
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choose "the fast way" to install (stage3 + precompiled packages) end up
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with a system that is not outdated
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</li>
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<li>
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Finally, a new release may, from time to time, implement some features that
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are incompatible with previous releases
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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When a release includes new incompatible features, or provides a set of core
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packages and settings that deeply modify the behavior of the system, we say
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that it provides a new <e>profile</e>.
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</p>
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<p>
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A <e>profile</e> is a set of configuration files, stored in a subdirectory of
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<path>/usr/portage/profiles</path>, that describe things such as the ebuilds
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that are considered <e>system</e> packages, the default USE flags, the default
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mapping for virtual packages, and the architecture on which the system is running.
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</p>
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<p>
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The profile in use is determined by the symbolic link
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<path>/etc/portage/make.profile</path>, which points to a subdirectory of
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<path>/usr/portage/profiles</path> which holds the profile files. For
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instance, the default x86 13.0 profile can be found
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at <path>/usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/13.0</path>.
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The files in the parent directories are part of the profile as well (and
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are therefore shared by different subprofiles). This is why we call these
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<e>cascaded profiles</e>.
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</p>
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<p>
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Profiles obsoleted by new ones are kept in <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path>
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along with the current ones, but they are marked as deprecated. When that
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happens a file named <path>deprecated</path> is put in the profile directory.
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The content of this file is the name of the profile that should be "upgraded
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to"; Portage uses this information to automatically warn you when you should
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update to a new profile.
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</p>
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<p>
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There are various reasons that a new profile may be created: the release of
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new versions of core packages (such as <c>baselayout</c>, <c>gcc</c>, or
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<c>glibc</c>) that are incompatible with previous versions, a change in
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the default USE flags or in the virtual mappings, or maybe a change in
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system-wide settings.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Keeping up with new releases</title>
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<section>
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<title>Releases without profile changes</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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If a new Gentoo release does not include a new profile then you can safely
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pretend that it never happened. :)
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</p>
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<p>
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If you update your installed packages
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<uri link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1">as explained in
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the Gentoo Handbook</uri>, then your system will be exactly the same as one
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that has been installed using the new release.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Releases with profile changes</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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If a release (such as 13.0 for x86) introduces a new profile, you have the
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choice to migrate to the new profile.
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</p>
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<p>
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Naturally, you are not forced to do so, and you can continue to use the old
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profile and just update your packages
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<uri link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1">as explained
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in the Gentoo Handbook</uri>.
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</p>
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<p>
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However, Gentoo strongly recommends updating your profile if it becomes
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deprecated. When this happens, it means that Gentoo developers no longer
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plan on supporting it.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you decide to migrate to the new profile, then you will have to manually
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perform the update. The way you update may vary significantly from release
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to release; it depends on how deep the modifications introduced in the new
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profile are.
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</p>
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<p>
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In the simplest case you only have to change the <path>/etc/portage/make.profile</path>
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symlink, in the worst case you may have to recompile your system from scratch
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while doing a neat voodoo dance. Migration is usually covered in the release
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notes. You can also find <uri link="#instructions">instructions</uri> at the
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end of this guide.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Supported profiles</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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You can view the list of profiles on your architecture officially supported by
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Gentoo developers when you <c>emerge eselect</c> and then run the following
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command:
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</p>
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<pre caption="Viewing supported profiles">
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# <i>eselect profile list</i>
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</pre>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Upgrading from (too) old systems</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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Sometimes, systems are too old to easily upgrade. The upgrade path might need
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intermediate versions of software (such as portage) that does not exist anymore,
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and you might need to update the portage tree in steps (for instance incremental
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tree updates with steps of 3 to 4 months).
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</p>
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<p>
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To upgrade such systems, you can use a recent stage3 to update the system.
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Instructions for that are given in the <uri link="#old_system">Updating old
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systems</uri> section.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="instructions">
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<title>Profile updating instructions</title>
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<section id="general">
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<title>General instructions</title>
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<body>
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<impo>
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Make sure your Portage is updated before performing any profile changes.
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</impo>
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<p>
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First, run <c>emerge eselect</c>. The <c>eselect</c> utility will let you view
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and select profiles easily, without needing to create or remove symlinks by
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hand.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Profile selection with eselect">
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<comment>(View available profiles)</comment>
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# <i>eselect profile list</i>
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<comment>(Select the number of your desired profile from the list)</comment>
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# <i>eselect profile set <number></i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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If you'd still prefer to change profiles manually, then simply do the following:
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</p>
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<pre caption="Changing profiles manually">
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# <i>rm /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
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# <i>cd /etc/portage</i>
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# <i>ln -s ../../usr/portage/profiles/</i><selected profile><i> make.profile</i>
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</pre>
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<note>
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There are <b>desktop</b> and <b>server</b> subprofiles for most architectures.
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Examine these profiles carefully, as they may serve your needs better than the
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extremely minimal default profiles.
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</note>
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<note>
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The <c>developer</c> subprofile is specifically for Gentoo Linux development
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tasks. It is <e>not</e> meant to help set up general development environments.
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</note>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Updating to 2008.0, 2007.0, or 2006.1</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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If you intend to upgrade to these profiles, you should be aware that they expect
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the system to be set to a Unicode locale by default; specifically that
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UNICODE="yes" is set in <path>/etc/rc.conf</path>. For this to work, you must
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have created a Unicode locale for your system to use. Please read our <uri
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link="/doc/en/utf-8.xml">UTF-8 guide</uri> to learn how to create the proper
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locale.
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</p>
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<p>
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Alternatively, if you do not wish to set a locale, you should specify
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UNICODE="no" in <path>/etc/rc.conf</path>, and re-emerge <c>baselayout</c> (or
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wait until your next <c>baselayout</c> update) with the <c>-unicode</c> USE
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flag. You can set <c>-unicode</c> just for <c>baselayout</c>, or you can set it
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globally for all packages by adding it to your USE variable in
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<path>/etc/portage/make.conf</path>.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Optional: removing Unicode support">
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<comment>(To remove Unicode support just for baselayout)</comment>
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# <i>echo "sys-apps/baselayout -unicode" >> /etc/portage/package.use</i>
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# <i>emerge -a baselayout</i>
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<comment>(To remove Unicode support from your whole system)</comment>
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# <i>nano -w /etc/portage/make.conf</i>
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USE="-unicode"
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# <i>emerge -a baselayout</i>
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</pre>
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<note>
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If you are updating to a 2007.0 profile on the Sparc architecture, then you will
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need to follow the <uri link="/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml">GCC Upgrading
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Guide</uri>, as <c>gcc-4</c> is the default compiler.
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</note>
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<p>
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Finally, follow the <uri link="#general">general instructions</uri> for updating
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your profile.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Updating to 2006.0</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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To switch to the 2006.0 profile, point the <path>/etc/portage/make.profile</path>
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symlink to the new location. Make sure your Portage is updated before you
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change your profile.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Changing to a 2006.0 profile">
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# <i>rm /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
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# <i>ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/</i><selected profile><i> /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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<b>alpha</b> - Users that use a 2.4 kernel or don't want to use NPTL should use
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the default-linux/alpha/no-nptl profile. More information is available in <uri
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link="/proj/en/releng/release/2006.0/alpha-release-notes.xml">the alpha release
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notes</uri>.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>ppc</b> - The merge of the ppc32 and ppc64 profiles went forward. The ppc32
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profile has been changed in a way that offers a minimalistic generic profile
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for all purposes, located in default-linux/ppc/ppc32. The release-dependent
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profile is optimized for desktop-usage and located in
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default-linux/ppc/ppc32/2006.0. There are some subprofiles available for G3 and
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G4 processors, and G3/Pegasos and G4/Pegasos for the Pegasos Open Desktop
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Workstation. Make sure you choose the correct subprofile for your system when
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migrating to a 2006.0 profile.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>sparc</b> - Upgrading to the <b>2.4</b>-kernel based 2006.0/2.4 profile
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requires manual user intervention (unmerging java stuff) and an <c>emerge -e
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world</c> because of the <uri link="/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml">gcc
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upgrade</uri>.<br/>
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Upgrading to the <b>2.6</b>-kernel based 2006.0 profile which is not considered
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stable also requires an entry in <path>/etc/portage/package.unmask</path> to
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umask a 2.6 version of <c>gentoo-sources</c> and a full rebuild.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>All other archs</b> - There are no fundamental changes in this profile. No
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specific action needs to be performed.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Updating to 2005.1</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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To switch to the 2005.1 profile, point the <path>/etc/portage/make.profile</path>
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symlink to the new location. Make sure your Portage is updated before you
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change your profile.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Changing to a 2005.1 profile">
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# <i>rm /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
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# <i>ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/</i><selected profile><i> /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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<b>All archs</b> - There are no fundamental changes in this profile. No
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specific action needs to be performed.
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</p>
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<p>
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<b>ppc</b> - With the 2005.1 release, the ppc and ppc64 profiles were merged
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and a number of subprofiles for specific subarchitectures were created. Make
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sure you choose the correct subprofile for your system when migrating to a
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2005.1 profile.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Updating to 2005.0</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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With the introduction of 2005.0, several architectures have decided to define
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additional profiles. Make sure you read the description of said profiles before
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you decide to migrate to one of them. Most architectures now also default to the
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2.6 kernel tree where 2.4 was chosen previously.
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</p>
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<p>
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Some architectures require a bit more actions to be completed in order to
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convert from one profile to another. If that is the case, the step-by-step
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guides are linked from the table.
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</p>
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<table>
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<tr>
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<th>Profile</th>
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<th>Description</th>
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<th>Specific Upgrade Guide</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>default-linux/alpha/2005.0</ti>
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<ti>Default Alpha 2005.0 profile for 2.6 kernels</ti>
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<ti></ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>default-linux/alpha/2005.0/2.4</ti>
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<ti>Alpha 2005.0 profile for 2.4 kernels</ti>
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<ti></ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>default-linux/amd64/2005.0</ti>
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<ti>Default AMD64 2005.0 profile for 2.6 kernels</ti>
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<ti></ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>default-linux/amd64/2005.0/no-multilib</ti>
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<ti>AMD64 2005.0 profile for multilib-disabled system installations</ti>
|
| 445 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 446 |
</tr>
|
| 447 |
<tr>
|
| 448 |
<ti>default-linux/arm/2005.0</ti>
|
| 449 |
<ti>Default ARM 2005.0 profile for 2.6 kernels</ti>
|
| 450 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 451 |
</tr>
|
| 452 |
<tr>
|
| 453 |
<ti>default-linux/hppa/2005.0</ti>
|
| 454 |
<ti>Default HPPA 2005.0 profile for 2.6 kernels</ti>
|
| 455 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 456 |
</tr>
|
| 457 |
<tr>
|
| 458 |
<ti>default-linux/hppa/2005.0/2.4</ti>
|
| 459 |
<ti>HPPA 2005.0 profile for 2.4 kernels</ti>
|
| 460 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 461 |
</tr>
|
| 462 |
<tr>
|
| 463 |
<ti>default-linux/mips/2005.0</ti>
|
| 464 |
<ti>Default MIPS 2005.0 profile</ti>
|
| 465 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 466 |
</tr>
|
| 467 |
<tr>
|
| 468 |
<ti>default-linux/mips/cobalt/2005.0</ti>
|
| 469 |
<ti>Cobalt specific MIPS 2005.0 profile</ti>
|
| 470 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 471 |
</tr>
|
| 472 |
<tr>
|
| 473 |
<ti>default-linux/mips/mips64/n32/2005.0</ti>
|
| 474 |
<ti>2005.0 profile for n32-supporting MIPS platforms</ti>
|
| 475 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 476 |
</tr>
|
| 477 |
<tr>
|
| 478 |
<ti>default-linux/mips/mips64/ip28/2005.0</ti>
|
| 479 |
<ti>Indigo2 Impact specific 64-bit 2005.0 profile</ti>
|
| 480 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 481 |
</tr>
|
| 482 |
<tr>
|
| 483 |
<ti>default-linux/mips/mips64/2005.0</ti>
|
| 484 |
<ti>64-bit MIPS 2005.0 profile</ti>
|
| 485 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 486 |
</tr>
|
| 487 |
<tr>
|
| 488 |
<ti>default-linux/ppc/2005.0</ti>
|
| 489 |
<ti>Default PPC 2005.0 profile for 2.6 kernels</ti>
|
| 490 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 491 |
</tr>
|
| 492 |
<tr>
|
| 493 |
<ti>default-linux/ppc64/2005.0</ti>
|
| 494 |
<ti>Default PPC64 2005.0 profile for 2.6 kernels</ti>
|
| 495 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 496 |
</tr>
|
| 497 |
<tr>
|
| 498 |
<ti>default-linux/s390/2005.0</ti>
|
| 499 |
<ti>Default S390 2005.0 profile</ti>
|
| 500 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 501 |
</tr>
|
| 502 |
<tr>
|
| 503 |
<ti>default-linux/sparc/sparc32/2005.0</ti>
|
| 504 |
<ti>Default Sparc 32-bit 2005.0 profile</ti>
|
| 505 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 506 |
</tr>
|
| 507 |
<!-- http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/kernel-2.6.htm
|
| 508 |
No subprofiles for sparc
|
| 509 |
<tr>
|
| 510 |
<ti>default-linux/sparc/sparc32/2005.0/2.6</ti>
|
| 511 |
<ti>Sparc 32-bit 2005.0 profile for 2.6 kernels</ti>
|
| 512 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 513 |
</tr>
|
| 514 |
-->
|
| 515 |
<tr>
|
| 516 |
<ti>default-linux/sparc/sparc64/2005.0</ti>
|
| 517 |
<ti>Default Sparc 64-bit 2005.0 profile</ti>
|
| 518 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 519 |
</tr>
|
| 520 |
<!-- http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/kernel-2.6.htm
|
| 521 |
No subprofiles for sparc
|
| 522 |
<tr>
|
| 523 |
<ti>default-linux/sparc/sparc64/2005.0/2.6</ti>
|
| 524 |
<ti>Sparc 64-bit 2005.0 profile for 2.6 kernels</ti>
|
| 525 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 526 |
</tr>
|
| 527 |
-->
|
| 528 |
<tr>
|
| 529 |
<ti>default-linux/x86/2005.0</ti>
|
| 530 |
<ti>Default x86 2005.0 profile for 2.6 kernels</ti>
|
| 531 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 532 |
</tr>
|
| 533 |
<tr>
|
| 534 |
<ti>default-linux/x86/2005.0/2.4</ti>
|
| 535 |
<ti>x86 2005.0 profile for 2.4 kernels</ti>
|
| 536 |
<ti></ti>
|
| 537 |
</tr>
|
| 538 |
</table>
|
| 539 |
|
| 540 |
<p>
|
| 541 |
To switch to the selected profile, point the <path>/etc/portage/make.profile</path>
|
| 542 |
symlink to the new location. Make sure your Portage is updated before you change
|
| 543 |
your profile!
|
| 544 |
</p>
|
| 545 |
|
| 546 |
<pre caption="Changing to a 2005.0 profile">
|
| 547 |
# <i>rm /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
|
| 548 |
# <i>ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/</i><selected profile><i> /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
|
| 549 |
</pre>
|
| 550 |
|
| 551 |
<p>
|
| 552 |
If you are running a Linux 2.4-based system but want to migrate to a 2.6-based
|
| 553 |
kernel, make sure you read our <uri link="/doc/en/migration-to-2.6.xml">Gentoo
|
| 554 |
Linux 2.6 Migration Guide</uri>.
|
| 555 |
</p>
|
| 556 |
|
| 557 |
</body>
|
| 558 |
</section>
|
| 559 |
<section>
|
| 560 |
<title>Updating to 2004.3</title>
|
| 561 |
<body>
|
| 562 |
|
| 563 |
<p>
|
| 564 |
With the introduction of the 2004.3 profiles, users are not going to see huge
|
| 565 |
modifications of their systems (see below for details). However, Gentoo
|
| 566 |
developers decided to push out this new profile and to deprecate quite a few of
|
| 567 |
the old ones to speed up the adoption of <e>stacked profiles</e>, that is, the
|
| 568 |
profiles that follow the new layout of the <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path>
|
| 569 |
directory, for instance
|
| 570 |
<path>/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2004.3</path> (supported by
|
| 571 |
Portage 2.0.51 or later).
|
| 572 |
</p>
|
| 573 |
|
| 574 |
<p>
|
| 575 |
To switch to the 2004.3 profile, point the <path>/etc/portage/make.profile</path>
|
| 576 |
symlink to the new location:
|
| 577 |
</p>
|
| 578 |
|
| 579 |
<warn>
|
| 580 |
Don't forget to upgrade Portage <e>before</e> you change your profile!!!
|
| 581 |
</warn>
|
| 582 |
|
| 583 |
<pre caption="Updating the /etc/portage/make.profile symlink">
|
| 584 |
<comment>substitute <arch> with your arch</comment>
|
| 585 |
# <i>rm /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
|
| 586 |
# <i>ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/<arch>/2004.3 /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
|
| 587 |
</pre>
|
| 588 |
|
| 589 |
<p>
|
| 590 |
<b>All archs</b> - As said above, there are no big changes introduced in this
|
| 591 |
profile. However, it should be noted that <c>sys-apps/slocate</c> and
|
| 592 |
<c>net-misc/dhcpcd</c> are no longer considered system packages. This means
|
| 593 |
that if you run <c>emerge --depclean</c>, Portage will try to remove them from
|
| 594 |
your system. If you need any of those packages, add them to
|
| 595 |
<path>/var/lib/portage/world</path> after the profile switch, or manually
|
| 596 |
emerge them.
|
| 597 |
</p>
|
| 598 |
|
| 599 |
<p>
|
| 600 |
<b>ppc</b> - <c>sys-fs/udev</c> is now the default instead of
|
| 601 |
<c>sys-fs/devfs</c> for newly installed machines. This has no
|
| 602 |
effect on already installed machines, though.
|
| 603 |
</p>
|
| 604 |
|
| 605 |
</body>
|
| 606 |
</section>
|
| 607 |
<section>
|
| 608 |
<title>Updating Portage to Support Cascading Profiles</title>
|
| 609 |
<body>
|
| 610 |
|
| 611 |
<p>
|
| 612 |
Although this section does not seem to integrate well in this upgrading guide,
|
| 613 |
it is quite important. Any profile listed above this section requires a Portage
|
| 614 |
version that supports cascading profiles. However, some obsoleted profiles don't
|
| 615 |
allow the user to upgrade Portage or the user is using a profile that isn't
|
| 616 |
available anymore - any attempt to upgrade Portage will result in a failure.
|
| 617 |
</p>
|
| 618 |
|
| 619 |
<p>
|
| 620 |
To work around this problem, users can set a temporary symbolic link to the
|
| 621 |
<e>obsolete</e> profile, allowing them to upgrade their Portage after which
|
| 622 |
they can continue with the upgrade procedure set forth in this guide. Please
|
| 623 |
substitute <c><arch></c> with your respective architecture:
|
| 624 |
</p>
|
| 625 |
|
| 626 |
<pre caption="Updating Portage through the obsolete profile">
|
| 627 |
# <i>rm /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
|
| 628 |
# <i>cd /etc/portage</i>
|
| 629 |
# <i>ln -sf ../usr/portage/profiles/obsolete/<arch> make.profile</i>
|
| 630 |
# <i>emerge -n '>=sys-apps/portage-2.0.51'</i>
|
| 631 |
</pre>
|
| 632 |
|
| 633 |
</body>
|
| 634 |
</section>
|
| 635 |
<section>
|
| 636 |
<title>Updating to 2004.2</title>
|
| 637 |
<body>
|
| 638 |
|
| 639 |
<p>
|
| 640 |
To switch to the 2004.2 profile, point the <path>/etc/portage/make.profile</path>
|
| 641 |
symlink to the new location:
|
| 642 |
</p>
|
| 643 |
|
| 644 |
<warn>
|
| 645 |
Don't forget to upgrade Portage <e>before</e> you change your profile!!!
|
| 646 |
</warn>
|
| 647 |
|
| 648 |
<pre caption="Updating the /etc/portage/make.profile symlink">
|
| 649 |
<comment>substitute <arch> with your arch</comment>
|
| 650 |
# <i>rm /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
|
| 651 |
# <i>ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/<arch>/2004.2 /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
|
| 652 |
</pre>
|
| 653 |
|
| 654 |
<p>
|
| 655 |
<b>x86</b> - This profile changes the default X11 implementation from
|
| 656 |
<c>x11-base/xfree</c> to <c>x11-base/xorg-x11</c>. This change only touches
|
| 657 |
the <e>default</e> value, and is only relevant for those who have not installed
|
| 658 |
an X server yet. If you already have one installed, then it will not affect
|
| 659 |
you at all; you are free to switch from one X server to the other exactly as
|
| 660 |
before.
|
| 661 |
</p>
|
| 662 |
|
| 663 |
<p>
|
| 664 |
<b>amd64</b> - There are no fundamental changes from previous profiles, no
|
| 665 |
specific action needs to be performed.
|
| 666 |
</p>
|
| 667 |
|
| 668 |
</body>
|
| 669 |
</section>
|
| 670 |
<section>
|
| 671 |
<title>Updating to 2004.0</title>
|
| 672 |
<body>
|
| 673 |
|
| 674 |
<p>
|
| 675 |
To switch to the 2004.0 profile, point the <path>/etc/portage/make.profile</path>
|
| 676 |
symlink to the new location:
|
| 677 |
</p>
|
| 678 |
|
| 679 |
<pre caption="Updating the /etc/portage/make.profile symlink">
|
| 680 |
<comment>substitute <arch> with your arch</comment>
|
| 681 |
# <i>rm /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
|
| 682 |
# <i>ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-<arch>-2004.0 /etc/portage/make.profile</i>
|
| 683 |
</pre>
|
| 684 |
|
| 685 |
<p>
|
| 686 |
<b>All archs</b> - There are no fundamental changes from previous profiles, no
|
| 687 |
specific action needs to be performed.
|
| 688 |
</p>
|
| 689 |
|
| 690 |
</body>
|
| 691 |
</section>
|
| 692 |
<section>
|
| 693 |
<title>Updating from profiles older than 1.4 to 1.4</title>
|
| 694 |
<body>
|
| 695 |
|
| 696 |
<p>
|
| 697 |
The instructions for this upgrade are quite complex, you can find them
|
| 698 |
<uri link="/doc/en/new-upgrade-to-gentoo-1.4.xml">here</uri>.
|
| 699 |
</p>
|
| 700 |
|
| 701 |
</body>
|
| 702 |
</section>
|
| 703 |
</chapter>
|
| 704 |
|
| 705 |
<chapter id="old_system">
|
| 706 |
<title>Updating old systems</title>
|
| 707 |
<section>
|
| 708 |
<title>Idea of the upgrade</title>
|
| 709 |
<body>
|
| 710 |
|
| 711 |
<p>
|
| 712 |
The idea with this upgrade approach is that we create an intermediate build
|
| 713 |
chroot in which a recent stage3 is extracted. Then, using the tools available in
|
| 714 |
the stage3 chroot we upgrade the packages on the live system.
|
| 715 |
</p>
|
| 716 |
|
| 717 |
</body>
|
| 718 |
</section>
|
| 719 |
<section>
|
| 720 |
<title>Preparing the intermediate build chroot</title>
|
| 721 |
<body>
|
| 722 |
|
| 723 |
<p>
|
| 724 |
Let's first create the intermediate build chroot location, say
|
| 725 |
<path>/mnt/build</path>, and extract a recent stage3 archive into it.
|
| 726 |
</p>
|
| 727 |
|
| 728 |
<pre caption="Preparing the intermediate build chroot">
|
| 729 |
# <i>mkdir /mnt/build</i>
|
| 730 |
# <i>tar -xf -C /mnt/build /path/to/stage3-somearch-somedate.tar.bz2</i>
|
| 731 |
# <i>mount --rbind /dev /mnt/build/dev</i>
|
| 732 |
# <i>mount --rbind /proc /mnt/build/proc</i>
|
| 733 |
# <i>mount --rbind /sys /mnt/build/sys</i>
|
| 734 |
</pre>
|
| 735 |
|
| 736 |
<p>
|
| 737 |
Next, we create a mount point inside this chroot environment, on which we then
|
| 738 |
bind-mount the live (old) environment.
|
| 739 |
</p>
|
| 740 |
|
| 741 |
<pre caption="Create host mountpoint">
|
| 742 |
# <i>mkdir /mnt/build/mnt/host</i>
|
| 743 |
# <i>mount --rbind / /mnt/build/mnt/host</i>
|
| 744 |
</pre>
|
| 745 |
|
| 746 |
<p>
|
| 747 |
So now the live (old) system is also reachable within
|
| 748 |
<path>/mnt/build/mnt/host</path>. This will allow us to reach the live (old)
|
| 749 |
system and update the packages even when chrooted inside the intermediate build
|
| 750 |
chroot.
|
| 751 |
</p>
|
| 752 |
|
| 753 |
</body>
|
| 754 |
</section>
|
| 755 |
<section>
|
| 756 |
<title>Chroot and update</title>
|
| 757 |
<body>
|
| 758 |
|
| 759 |
<p>
|
| 760 |
We now chroot into the intermediate build location, and start updating vital
|
| 761 |
packages on the live system, until we can continue updating the live system from
|
| 762 |
within the live system (rather than through the intermediate build chroot).
|
| 763 |
</p>
|
| 764 |
|
| 765 |
<pre caption="Chrooting and updating important packages">
|
| 766 |
# <i>chroot /mnt/build</i>
|
| 767 |
# <i>source /etc/profile</i>
|
| 768 |
|
| 769 |
<comment># Now we start building packages onto the live system</comment>
|
| 770 |
# <i>ROOT=/mnt/host emerge -1v portage</i>
|
| 771 |
</pre>
|
| 772 |
|
| 773 |
<p>
|
| 774 |
Keep this chrooted session open and try to update the live system. When you hit
|
| 775 |
failures, you can use this chrooted session to update packages using the build
|
| 776 |
tools available in the intermediate build chroot (which includes recent glibc,
|
| 777 |
gcc, etc.) Don't forget to prefix all <c>emerge</c> commands with
|
| 778 |
<c>ROOT=/mnt/host</c> within the chroot!
|
| 779 |
</p>
|
| 780 |
|
| 781 |
</body>
|
| 782 |
</section>
|
| 783 |
</chapter>
|
| 784 |
|
| 785 |
</guide>
|