Francesco Riosa wrote: > David Sparks wrote: > >> Why was the x86-1.4 profile deleted? I have several machines that after >> a `emerge sync` now have a non-functional profile: >> >> > because 2004.0 is the same as 1.4 (don't ask where I've readed it)
I tried linking to 2004.0 and got the same error as below. >> !!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert' >> !!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this. If it does >> !!! not then please report this to bugs.gentoo.org and, if possible, a >> dev >> !!! on #gentoo (irc.freenode.org) >>> I tried symlinking make.profile to a newer profile and got this: > > > unlink that profile, update your portage to the latest version, and then set > the profile to default-linux/x86/2005.0 # rm make.profile # emerge portage !!! /etc/make.profile is not a symlink and will probably prevent most merges. !!! It should point into a profile within /usr/portage/profiles/ !!! (You can safely ignore this message when syncing. It's harmless.) !!! ARCH is not set... Are you missing the /etc/make.profile symlink? !!! Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete? -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
