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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>1.1</version> |
20 | <version>1.2</version> |
| 21 | <date>May 12, 2004</date> |
21 | <date>July 1, 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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| 97 | mapping for virtual packages. |
97 | mapping for virtual packages. |
| 98 | </p> |
98 | </p> |
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| 100 | <p> |
100 | <p> |
| 101 | The profile in use is determined by the symbolic link |
101 | The profile in use is determined by the symbolic link |
| 102 | <path>/etc/make.profile</path>, which points to the subdirectory of |
102 | <path>/etc/make.profile</path>, which points to the subdirectory of |
| 103 | <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path> which holds the profile files, for instance <path>/usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.0</path>. |
103 | <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path> which holds the profile files, for instance |
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104 | <path>/usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.0</path> (old-style location) or |
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105 | <path>/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2004.0</path> (new-style |
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106 | location). With respect to new-style profile directories, note that also the |
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107 | files in parent directories are part of the profile (and are therefore shared |
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108 | by different profiles). |
| 104 | </p> |
109 | </p> |
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110 | |
| 106 | <p> |
111 | <p> |
| 107 | Profiles obsoleted by new ones are kept in <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path> |
112 | Profiles obsoleted by new ones are kept in <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path> |
| 108 | as the current ones, but they are marked as deprecated. When that happens a |
113 | as the current ones, but they are marked as deprecated. When that happens a |
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| 249 | the <path>/etc/make.profile</path> link to the new location: |
254 | the <path>/etc/make.profile</path> link to the new location: |
| 250 | </p> |
255 | </p> |
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| 252 | <pre caption="Updating the /etc/make.profile link"> |
257 | <pre caption="Updating the /etc/make.profile link"> |
| 253 | # <i>rm /etc/make.profile</i> |
258 | # <i>rm /etc/make.profile</i> |
| 254 | # <i>ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-2004.0 /etc/make.profile</i> |
259 | # <i>ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2004.0 /etc/make.profile</i> |
| 255 | </pre> |
260 | </pre> |
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261 | |
| 257 | </body> |
262 | </body> |
| 258 | </section> |
263 | </section> |
| 259 | <section> |
264 | <section> |
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