>> >> 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? - Grant
