From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76AB7138247 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 16:41:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB0CEE0D41; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 16:41:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f196.google.com (mail-vc0-f196.google.com [209.85.220.196]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3586E0D2D for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 16:41:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f196.google.com with SMTP id ij19so2154252vcb.11 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 09:41:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=ONcj0TLatEOP/yyLWvoDj+ty4O6eI+g/aydRlA09FXc=; b=Q+ae+dHwOQUJPZr0rdNib+8Ai9wu2wRfc25Kt+yEz8kM5Y1vHJ/+g91M+mJdOj4sSw nfohf8C4Ose6S6qAqjDjuqktSLMITJqlXbplrpdRN8tEzw7X62AMKY6xjOIynbg7jQtJ DVuj6rm88Oe0SkY1yEUeuVTSlIXYhuZaScBLIKNzqmuMLVXuf49atlHuG6rv/SPcOmFd 5t6c5qRdvK8KdBIT+h5HK2rJjCUFCQnX9LXjTHpdaYooDCAxGEkKR/sMC2oooqzcq+u+ mm7a0Bao8Alk39oDJhaP9OSMv2PGcg8nZdVWYE6yv2sByO7+9xjPAWLWxxpe6rOcfauK /5Rg== 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 X-Received: by 10.52.104.71 with SMTP id gc7mr740885vdb.49.1413132076735; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 09:41:16 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.8.229 with HTTP; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 09:41:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <543AA185.6090709@fastmail.co.uk> References: <543AA185.6090709@fastmail.co.uk> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:41:16 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 79pB8mWQL4rF1uKjpsxYoxOP3So Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Handbook missing portage unpacking From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: b4099de1-0a33-434d-a1bf-6d1bba76e65a X-Archives-Hash: 29576a160c9a341ce4c414cae58bdbf9 On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Kerin Millar wrote: > On 11/10/2014 21:13, James wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I was just following the handbook for an amd64 install; I have >> not looked at the handbook in a while. I downloaded the stage3 >> tarball and the portage-latest tarball at the same time, like I always >> have done. The handbook give instructions for untaring the stage3, in >> section 5, but not the portage tarball, or did I miss something? > > > It specifies that emerge-webrsync be used, automating the process of > fetching and extracting a portage tarball. Correct. This is much more efficient than rsync when you're starting from an empty tree, which was one of the reasons the old procedure used to recommend using a portage tarball. emerge-webrsync works well and is easier to use anyway. -- Rich