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11 changes: 6 additions & 5 deletions reference/environment.rst
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Expand Up @@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ By default, if it is not defined, it will be ``<username>/.conan2``.
like those that can happen in CI, need to use a separate cache, and defining ``CONAN_HOME`` is the way to do it.


CONAN_DEFAULT_PROFILE
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CONAN_DEFAULT_PROFILE, CONAN_DEFAULT_BUILD_PROFILE
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The default profile will be the ``"default"`` file in the Conan cache. This environment variable allows to define
a different default name. There are also ``conf`` items ``core:default_profile`` and ``core:default_build_profile``
to define such default profile names, this env-var should be used only when the ``conf`` is not enough.
The default profile will be the ``"default"`` file in the Conan cache. These environment variables allow to define
a different default for the host and build profiles respectively. There are also equivalent ``conf`` items
``core:default_profile`` and ``core:default_build_profile`` to define such default profile names.
In general, env-vars should be used only when the ``conf`` is not enough.


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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion tutorial/other_features.rst
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.. warning::

The least recently used feature is in **preview**.
The (lru) least recently used feature is in **preview**.
See :ref:`the Conan stability<stability>` section for more information.


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