Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect on new install

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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. :-(
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>

If it's the first line in the link, then this is done before the
chroot. Note that the path is the etc directory in the eventual
install. You get the make.conf file set up and then chroot. The guide
is correct.

mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf

That's not to say that it couldn't be done after the chroot. It
possibly could. I've never done it that way though.

Hope this helps,
Mark

mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf