Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect on new install
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 21:01:44
Message-Id: 201105122257.42182.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect on new install by Felix Miata
1 Apparently, though unproven, at 22:41 on Thursday 12 May 2011, Felix Miata did
2 opine thusly:
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4 > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6 seems
5 > to have a circular reference, that is, suggesting the use of the subject
6 > utility prior to chrooting and having any such utility in $PATH. I've
7 > never installed Gentoo before, so maybe I've missed something. Or maybe
8 > that page could use another link or some rewrite to clarify?
9 >
10 > I tried to find an answer via http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ but
11 > it seems to lack a search function/box. :-(
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14 Where exactly is this supposed circular reference? As in, quote the exact text
15 and why you feel it is in error.
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17 You have to select a mirror before the chroot step; to get a working chroot
18 you have to acquire a stage (usually by downloading it) and to do that you
19 need to select a download source.
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22 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com