On Dienstag 23 Dezember 2008, Grant wrote: > >> >> >> I've looked over this: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml > >> >> >> > >> >> >> but I'm still not sure if I can choose any of the above. > >> >> > > >> >> > ... why? Do you have a specific question? Did you even bother to > >> >> > try to choose one? > >> >> > >> >> I read a while back that changing from certain profiles to certain > >> >> other profiles is impossible without a complete reinstall. I'd like > >> >> to change to hardened/amd64/multilib but also have the option to > >> >> switch to default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop if I have problems with > >> >> a hardened profile like I do on my laptop. Can I do all that? > >> > > >> > Wow, why couldn't you have said that in your first post? It would > >> > have saved a round trip. Also, and I'm probably nit-picking here, but > >> > usually when I see a "I heard that" or "I read a while back" my > >> > initial thought is "What is your source" because a lot of times people > >> > will say things and have no idea wtf they're talking about (myself > >> > included). > >> > > >> > I couldn't find anything to support that, in fact the official Gentoo > >> > hardened docs seem to indicate you *can* switch to hardened (though > >> > you should probably read the docs yourself) but you basically need to > >> > recompile *everything* after switching to hardened. You should read > >> > the hardened docs [1] and probably ask on the gentoo-hardened ML. > >> > > >> > However if you just want to switch from 2007.0/desktop to > >> > 2008.0/desktop that's perfectly fine/possible. If people had to > >> > re-install every year when a new profile came out I think they'd get > >> > ticked off pretty quick. > >> > >> I'm really surprised to hear that. Can I switch my laptop from a > >> hardened profile to a non-hardened one? I know I've been told I can't > >> do that. > >> > >> You think an 'eselect profile set 2 && emerge -e world' will > >> accomplish the entire thing? > > > > no, you have to do -e system first because system does not belong to > > world anymore (for a couple of month it does not belong to world anymore. > > 6 or something like that). > > So a complete system recompile now requires 'emerge -e world' and > 'emerge -e system'? > > - Grant
first system, then world.
