[gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: hb-install-stage.xml

["Josh Saddler" <nightmorph@lark.gentoo.org>]

nightmorph    06/05/22 20:55:18

  Modified:             hb-install-stage.xml
  Log:
  Added portage snapshot integrity check to the handbook for bug #133449. Seems like a good idea, and all that.

Revision  Changes    Path
1.96                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml

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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml.diff?r1=1.95&r2=1.96&cvsroot=gentoo

Index: hb-install-stage.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.95
retrieving revision 1.96
diff -u -r1.95 -r1.96
--- hb-install-stage.xml	28 Feb 2006 01:54:31 -0000	1.95
+++ hb-install-stage.xml	22 May 2006 20:55:18 -0000	1.96
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml,v 1.95 2006/02/28 01:54:31 fox2mike Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml,v 1.96 2006/05/22 20:55:18 nightmorph Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
-<version>2.9</version>
-<date>2006-02-28</date>
+<version>2.10</version>
+<date>2006-05-22</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Installing a Stage Tarball</title>
@@ -275,9 +275,24 @@
 
 <p>
 Now exit your browser by pressing <c>Q</c>. You will now have a Portage snapshot
-stored in <path>/mnt/gentoo</path>. In the next step, we extract the Portage
-snapshot onto your filesystem. Make sure that you use the exact command; the
-last option is a capital <c>C</c>, not <c>c</c>.
+stored in <path>/mnt/gentoo</path>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+If you want to check the integrity of the downloaded snapshot, use
+<c>md5sum</c> and compare the output with the MD5 checksum provided on the
+mirror.
+</p>
+
+<pre caption="Checking integrity of a Portage snapshot">
+# <i>md5sum -c portage-latest.tar.bz2.md5sum</i>
+portage-latest.tar.bz2: OK
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+In the next step, we extract the Portage snapshot onto your filesystem. Make
+sure that you use the exact command; the last option is a capital <c>C</c>, not
+<c>c</c>.
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Extracting the Portage snapshot">



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