Funtoo 1.0 Profile

This Profile isn't ready at the moment, it is still in development but we started to provide here more info so you can get more firm with it

The main idea

The main idea behind the funtoo 1.0 profile is to simplify the life of a Funtoo system administrator by grouping everything at a single place (no more messing around with /etc/make.conf, /etc/make.profile-symlinking and /etc/portage). All the configuration is now done inside of /etc/portage. Also the profile structure in itself has been revised to bring simplicity without sacrificing the Funtoo flexibility.

The files inside /etc/portage

The new structure used in 1.0 profiles is somewhat similar with what you were used to but with little changes highlighted in bold. Also the duality (file/directory) of package.* (package.mask, package.keywords...) remains. This duality allows you to express package.* in two ways:

• single a flat file (one statement per line)
• a directory containing several files (those are sorted in alphabetical order then "summed" as if they were a single file)

File-/Dir-name	Function
bin	autocreated, normally no need to edit
package.accept_keywords	for packages where you like to accept other keywords too
package.env	Entries (one per package atom) refer to environment files that are placed in the /etc/portage/env directory (see below).
package.keywords	Entries (one per package atom) allows you to define additional processor architecture/Funtoo branch keywords (e.g. sparc, ~amd64...). Note the special keyword ** (double star) which means all possible processor architecture/Funtoo branches.
package.license	for unmasking special licenses per package
package.mask	for masking special packages or special package versions
package.properties
package.unmask	unmasking special package-version that have been masked by Developers
package.use	setting per package USE-Flags
postsync.d	autogenerated, normaly no need to edit
savedconfig	Storage for configs that need to be included while building a special package
make.defaults	The former /etc/make.conf file all settings you had in there will be in here now
overlays	That file defines the overlays for you
parent	here you choose what profile you will use
portdir	That file is very important, you need to define the path to your portdir in here else the new funtoo 1.0 profile won't work

/etc/portage/overlays

Example overlay file

oleg@orion ~ $ cat /etc/portage/overlays
/var/lib/layman/lcd-filtering
/var/lib/layman/mpd
/var/lib/layman/oss-overlay
/home/oleg/funtoo-overlay

/etc/portage/parent

Example profile

oleg@orion ~ $ cat /etc/portage/parent
#:default/linux/amd64/2008.0
:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/arch/x86-64bit 
:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/build/current 
:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/flavor/desktop
:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/mix-ins/dvd
:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/mix-ins/media

/etc/portage/portdir

Example portage tree

oleg@orion ~ $ cat /etc/portage/portdir
/var/cache/portage