James wrote:
> There is no dir '/var/portage' on my system. Yet this command works fine:
>
> "PORTAGE_PROFILE=/var/portage/profiles/default/linux/arm/13.0/armv7a eix -c
> --system "
>
> Strange, to say the least.
Not at all strange: Again, PORTAGE_PROFILE points to a non-directory,
so it is ignor
Peter Humphrey prh.myzen.co.uk> writes:
>
> On Sunday 21 Jun 2015 22:02:02 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > portage for a long long time went in /usr/portage because that's where
> > FreeBSD put it, and drobbins was mightily enthralled by FreeBSD.
There is no dir '/var/portage' on my system. Yet this co
On Sunday 21 Jun 2015 22:02:02 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> portage for a long long time went in /usr/portage because that's where
> FreeBSD put it, and drobbins was mightily enthralled by FreeBSD.
>
> But it's a stupid place for it to go on Linux and most of the sane
> technical Gentoo world agrees it
On 21/06/2015 19:49, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:09:53 + (UTC), James wrote:
>
>> Interestingly, you used "var" instead of "usr". From earlier, Martin
>> used
>>
>> "PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/$PROFILE eix -c --system"
>
> I have PORTDIR at /var/portage.
>
>
p
On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:09:53 + (UTC), James wrote:
> Interestingly, you used "var" instead of "usr". From earlier, Martin
> used
>
> "PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/$PROFILE eix -c --system"
I have PORTDIR at /var/portage.
--
Neil Bothwick
Experience is directly proportional to th
Jonathan Callen gentoo.org> writes:
> The list of all profiles that can be chosen (for all architectures)
> can be found in ${PORTDIR}/profiles/profiles.desc . There are other
> "profile-like" directories under ${PORTDIR}/profiles, but these are
> only used as parents for a "complete" profile,
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes:
> % PORTAGE_PROFILE=/var/portage/profiles/default/linux/arm/13.0/armv7a eix
-c --system
> [snip]
> Found 42 matches.
>
> The nil return before was caused by search in one of the arch
> directories, which are not complete profiles but data to be used by
> pro
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On 2015-06-19 15:46, James wrote:
> Martin Vaeth mvath.de> writes:
>
>>
>> James tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> # PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a eix -c
>>> --system No matches found.
>>
>> Obviously, this profile contain
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes:
> > I think all possible profiles for each and every type of gentoo install
> > should either be readily available on any installed gentoo system, or
> > on theet or otherwise easy to parse.
> They already are, profiles are part of the portage tree. For exam
On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 19:56:53 + (UTC), James wrote:
> > Note that default/linux/arm/13.0/armv7a profile is building on the
> > arch/arm/armv7a (what you searched against).
>
> I think all possible profiles for each and every type of gentoo install
> should either be readily available on any
Bruce Schultz gmail.com> writes:
> Note that default/linux/arm/13.0/armv7a profile is building on the
> arch/arm/armv7a (what you searched against).
I think all possible profiles for each and every type of gentoo install
should either be readily available on any installed gentoo system, or
on
Martin Vaeth mvath.de> writes:
>
> James tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > # PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a eix -c --system
> > No matches found.
>
> Obviously, this profile contains no system packages.
> Which appears natural for an embedded profile...
Obviously, one c
On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 4:44 AM, James wrote:
> Martin Vaeth mvath.de> writes:
>
>
> > >> > # PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a/eapi
>
> > >> This is not a directory. [...]
>
> > > How do I determine [...]
>
> > Choose the directory to which you would put the symlink
> > (I s
James wrote:
>
> # PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a eix -c --system
> No matches found.
Obviously, this profile contains no @system packages.
Which appears natural for an embedded profile...
Martin Vaeth mvath.de> writes:
> >> > # PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a/eapi
> >> This is not a directory. [...]
> > How do I determine [...]
> Choose the directory to which you would put the symlink
> (I suppose /armv7a in this example).
# PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/p
James wrote:
> Martin Vaeth mvath.de> writes:
>
>
>> James tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>> > # PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a/eapi
>
>> This is not a directory. [...]
>
> How do I determine [...]
Choose the directory to which you would put the symlink
(I suppose /armv7a in
Martin Vaeth mvath.de> writes:
> James tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > # PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a/eapi
> This is not a directory. If PORTAGE_PROFILE is not a readable
> directory, eix falls back to the symlink
Ok, so I'm running an amd64 default profile system. How do
James wrote:
> # PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a/eapi
This is not a directory. If PORTAGE_PROFILE is not a readable
directory, eix falls back to the symlink
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes:
> You did replace $PROFILE with the name of the profile you want to check?
> Like this
>
> PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/x32 eix -c --system
# PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/eapi eix -c
--system
Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/$PROFILE eix -c --system
>
> The 4 is an interloper.
Yep, a typo: Next key to the E when one finger presses "shift"...
Although once PORTAGE_PROFILE was supposed to become a
variable in make.conf, it seems to not have made it.
eix st
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:42:18 + (UTC), James wrote:
> Ah, you tricked me. You should have written:
>
> 'PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/$PROFILE4 eix -c --system'
That's what he wrote, but he should have written
PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/$PROFILE eix -c --system
The 4 is a
Martin Vaeth mvath.de> writes:
> > This is why I was looking for a 'tool' or script that would allow me
> > to easily browse the default package listings for the different
> > arch types with a default profile.
> If you only want to see the system set of $PROFILE, use
> PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/
Martin Vaeth mvath.de> writes:
>
> James tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > This is why I was looking for a 'tool' or script that would allow me
> > to easily browse the default package listings for the different
> > arch types with a default profile.
>
> If you only want to see the system set of $
James wrote:
> This is why I was looking for a 'tool' or script that would allow me
> to easily browse the default package listings for the different
> arch types with a default profile.
If you only want to see the @system set of $PROFILE, use
PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/$PROFILE4 eix
Andrew Savchenko gentoo.org> writes:
> Profile do all the stuff that can be done or overridden
> in /etc/portage, but they define some sane "default" sets of
> settings for common profiles.
> USE="-*" will override all USE settings in your profile. As you were
> already warned, this may break s
Andreas K. Huettel gentoo.org> writes:
> > Note {embedded << minimal << default} I still have some vintage gentoo
> > systems running which have very few flags set and include (USE="-*") in
> > make.conf. And a {state-machine/executive/rtos << embedded(linux)},
> > just so we are on the same
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> I do understand now why you cannot (usually) change profiles; the profile
> system is a mess and really needs a whole new overall design. That's why we
> still have '13' in the profiles even though it's 2015. The entire gentoo
> profile system is
Andreas K. Huettel gentoo.org> writes:
> You're venturing into wonderland. Expect some mad hatters to pop up.
Yes!
> > So my questions related to how does gentoo actually determines the exact
> > list of programs that are minimally installed, with the specific
> > arch and the profile select
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