From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect on new install
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 22:57:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201105122257.42182.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DCC45EB.202@earthlink.net>
Apparently, though unproven, at 22:41 on Thursday 12 May 2011, Felix Miata did
opine thusly:
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6 seems
> to have a circular reference, that is, suggesting the use of the subject
> utility prior to chrooting and having any such utility in $PATH. I've
> never installed Gentoo before, so maybe I've missed something. Or maybe
> that page could use another link or some rewrite to clarify?
>
> I tried to find an answer via http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ but
> it seems to lack a search function/box. :-(
Where exactly is this supposed circular reference? As in, quote the exact text
and why you feel it is in error.
You have to select a mirror before the chroot step; to get a working chroot
you have to acquire a stage (usually by downloading it) and to do that you
need to select a download source.
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-12 21:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-12 20:41 [gentoo-user] mirrorselect on new install Felix Miata
2011-05-12 20:24 ` Todd Goodman
2011-05-12 20:52 ` Mark Knecht
2011-05-12 20:57 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2011-05-13 8:27 ` Neil Bothwick
[not found] <gRKZA-5RW-15@gated-at.bofh.it>
2011-05-12 21:03 ` Indi
2011-05-13 0:06 ` Felix Miata
2011-05-13 0:33 ` Mark Knecht
2011-05-13 0:37 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-05-13 1:40 ` Felix Miata
2011-05-13 1:56 ` Mike Edenfield
[not found] <gRLsC-6N0-15@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <gRLsC-6N0-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <gROgN-35v-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
2011-05-13 0:35 ` Indi
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