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| 5 | <guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml"> |
5 | <guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml"> |
| 6 | <title>Gentoo Upgrading Guide</title> |
6 | <title>Gentoo Upgrading Guide</title> |
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7 | |
| 8 | <author title="Author"> |
8 | <author title="Author"> |
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| 16 | <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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| 18 | <license/> |
18 | <license/> |
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| 20 | <version>2.4</version> |
20 | <version>2.5</version> |
| 21 | <date>November 5, 2004</date> |
21 | <date>November 08, 2004</date> |
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| 23 | <chapter> |
23 | <chapter> |
| 24 | <title>Gentoo and Upgrades</title> |
24 | <title>Gentoo and Upgrades</title> |
| 25 | <section> |
25 | <section> |
| 26 | <title>Philosophy</title> |
26 | <title>Philosophy</title> |
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| 103 | location - only for use with Portage 2.0.51 and later). With respect to new-style profile directories, note that the files in |
103 | location - only for use with Portage 2.0.51 and later). With respect to new-style profile directories, note that the files in |
| 104 | parent directories are part of the profile (and are therefore shared |
104 | parent directories are part of the profile (and are therefore shared |
| 105 | by different subprofiles). |
105 | by different subprofiles). |
| 106 | </p> |
106 | </p> |
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108 | <warn> |
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109 | To use the new-style profiles called <e>cascading profiles</e> you first need to |
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110 | upgrade Portage and then change the profile symlink. |
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111 | </warn> |
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| 108 | <p> |
113 | <p> |
| 109 | Profiles obsoleted by new ones are kept in <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path> |
114 | Profiles obsoleted by new ones are kept in <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path> |
| 110 | along with the current ones, but they are marked as deprecated. When that happens a |
115 | along with the current ones, but they are marked as deprecated. When that happens a |
| 111 | file named <path>deprecated</path> is put in the profile directory. The content |
116 | file named <path>deprecated</path> is put in the profile directory. The content |
| 112 | of this file is the name of the profile that should be "upgraded to"; portage uses |
117 | of this file is the name of the profile that should be "upgraded to"; portage uses |
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