From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QKd0x-0000OI-Un for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 May 2011 21:01:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C72DF1C075; Thu, 12 May 2011 20:58:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D88BE0458 for ; Thu, 12 May 2011 20:58:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyi11 with SMTP id 11so1960855wyi.40 for ; Thu, 12 May 2011 13:58:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=vgXCpyvcKeelL3Q85BwHKKKRwMqzBcv/txGNSFUNhAo=; b=CIsQlRebiNqyYvsiSuYAMLAjuiyZi3PxP+5axdHA18BhizfXeEbbDm3ssKQYBhDALJ 0f0NSaVVs6ST1ISc9BIn05hypH0a/OFQP1rNFEirMR4ou1TcQwx8/eWlkahK824JhjYu fBE8fJrxbTD1Z0d7MlfySOH03tY47sF8KZRaQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=umGwgQsF+6oFT+aXGposEL/KyDFVepPwgCSNsMWV9Q3C7+X+neRU4LjDO1hvVcez0z YrmPzcikh1uEPFEUXoRgLsQvVZ7q2i7DIigMyUnxAZSIQIJTeRWQq+nsUsYVtpZZLjHJ hLEfXb+CGEfydnkzIHctvtKtjM5YF4uGZLqKg= Received: by 10.216.254.82 with SMTP id g60mr610484wes.90.1305233914703; Thu, 12 May 2011 13:58:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-215-114-244.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.215.114.244]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k63sm810924wed.47.2011.05.12.13.58.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 12 May 2011 13:58:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect on new install Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 22:57:41 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.38-ck; KDE/4.6.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <4DCC45EB.202@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <4DCC45EB.202@earthlink.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201105122257.42182.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: b3a43ef305cdfed33d4fc71eb775ae6b 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