-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/31/2013 06:43 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > Am Dienstag, 31. Dezember 2013, 23:30:14 schrieb Mike Gilbert: >> I have noticed that the arch profile directories (profiles/arch/$ARCH) >> are not EAPI 5 capable. These profiles are inherited by both the default >> and hardened profiles and contain arch-specific settings. They are often >> used to override masks set in the base profile. > > [...] > >> Here are a couple of alternatives: >> >> 1. Add profiles/eapi-5-files/$ARCH. >> 2. Add profiles/$ARCH/eapi-5-files. > > Here's option 3: > In a few days the "one year waiting time" after making EAPI5 profiles the > default is over, and (pending revisit by the council and agreement) the whole > profiles tree can be switched to EAPI5. > This means the files from the eapi-5-files directory move to a more central > location and the eapi-5-files directory can be removed. > With that change the arch dirs automatically also become EAPI5 capable if > done > properly. > > See also > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20130108-summary.txt > > Best & a happy new year, > Andreas >
To ease this transition, I've drafted a news item based on info from zmedico's blog about when eapi 5 was first supported. This is, in my eyes, the simplest way to transition users who may be on really, really, really outdated systems. It occurred to me I could make a minimal snapshot instead, but it seems much much safer to do this for now. Please review the news article. Thanks! Zero_Chaos PS> You can skip review of the body line lengths, I will adjust them to spec (72) as needed after the review, any and all current linewrap is from my email client. - ---------------------- Title: Profile EAPI 5 requirement Author: Zero_Chaos <zeroch...@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Posted: 2014-03-02 Revision: 1 News-Item-Format: 1.0 Display-If-Installed: <2.2.0_alpha130 In its last session, the Gentoo council decided that the entire profile tree will be updated to require EAPI=5 support. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20140114.txt For all non-deprecated profiles this requirement has already been in place for over one year. If you have updated your system at any point during 2013, and followed the instructions in the profile deprecation warnings (which cannot really easily be overlooked), and are running an up-to-date portage version, there is absolutely nothing that you need to do now. If you are running an installation that has not been updated for more than a year, the portage tree you have just updated to is may be incompatible with your portage version, and the profile you are using may be gone. It is still possible to upgrade, if you follow these simple steps: 1.) Do not panic. 2.) Download a portage snapshot from http://dev.gentoo.org/~zerochaos/snapshots 3.) Unpack the snapshot to /tmp/ 4.) If you are not already, become root 5.) rsync --recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --force - --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --exclude=/distfiles - --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --verbose --progress - --omit-dir-times /tmp/portage /usr/portage 6.) If needed, set your profile to a modern one (typically named 13.0) 7.) emerge --update --oneshot portage Now that you have a modern copy of portage, you can go back to updating your system as usual. Please update your system at LEAST twice a year to avoid issues like this in the future. Thanks for flying Gentoo. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTEUvEAAoJEKXdFCfdEflK5lAP/RTivl0QjlB2kyWZbtVIURMR X6ELgIkBggrgYvwMqBdz8JG+YFc4Q0gi2xDz9QE+13ysUYCFUmibbasukb2WiVtA zNyoNHxoZQEmBuKzDNg3QzkcVsxD+SQ97fq3r2iRYN6tVXbDn5r+i4kCLivDws7y Knc3ankf9ShrY3qjJdH3M1xe4kRyX8RBeq2/5kvl43TLu1T3zLJ4bY+RlOX1lOJC MB01akcJ45gbJ1bAYrT0nN2Q0HC40tKV4I3uNFcllEkjOkv4vmMSQR2ZrcTo+f5C cAaiHTO4zDeHEKmmtI9j/t2ui3GVbelnooFPuH/6IS5NNmkILIo3a3UQsXgugzJX 7seAaGVzoxgMRUHoA9On5M1FWCFf6Z+JE/PbaJMhZUePVcivgGT8RvmnkSsIexHZ 4tjVlIjjULFLDz6i229K+RtmsO7b3EV+RXNw6hO8UIjz65QevZ84aNib8ipGJ+Lm b7xOCjIS7yNZAtb91PWiE/PoZC0MilAC2xBE6ex/dX1qZPCLpvCPTgQ7hu83GEBX h9gqYbMuL/Q+mHG/4PwKppMMmx///Hs/aowLRUGJdN61rxBu6VD69Shnxy3N4OO1 pTviiPh0xvv0HSHd61mX/8cdx7GEn39oyd3inwShFvE6cwtn1QqgbS0MZeMqQVX+ Ih3725/4uXsyM9NS0q3r =prsT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
