Profile inheritance

[David Jackman]

I've searched the mail archives, and this question seems to be asked a
lot and answered never.
 
Are profiles inherited from parent poms?  The scant (and confusing) docs
seem to imply that they are, but doing a help:active-profiles command
does not agree with this.
 
Please someone explain how this is supposed to work.
 
..David..
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