I see the confusion, Jonas.Well. It seems I put you just a little bit off track... sorry.
You started from stage 1 but the directions you followed at this step were for installing from stage 2:
<quote from="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml#doc_chap12";> The stage2 tarball already has the bootstrapping done for you. All that you have to do is install the rest of the system:
Note: If you are starting from a pre-built stage2 and want to ensure that your compiler toolchain is fully up-to-date, add the -u option to the commands below. If you don't know what this means, it's safe to skip this suggestion.
</quote>
I haven't reached step 12 yet, I just mentioned it.
I got the errors from following on screen instructions echoed at the end of step 9.
It said, "You should update portage now."
I googled for it and followed the instructions I found.
which was "emerge -u system"
After struggling with the errors for a while and bothering you fine guys with my trouble, I went on going for step 10, which was finished by the end of the day.
I told you I was doing it *by the book*... Well, I have to confess I also read the on screen instructions, that weren't mentioned in the guide.
The guide may be all correct, and the procedure may be just as it is told there, but I messed up after reading on screen messages.
If what you say to me solves this issue, I really would suggest that otherwise wonderful guide was added a note, about the on screen "recommendation" that misled me. Or alternatively, the system could be changed to not show that message if the system can somehow know it won't work anyway...
Like I said, I had not yet reached that chapter and I actually have seen that this does not apply for stage1 installs.This only applies if you are starting from stage 2 which includes an entirely prebuilt gentoo build environment. At this stage, since stage 2 contains things prebuilt and thus could have older, buggy code in it, you are given the ability to update what it had already built. Since you are starting from a stage 1 build, the build environment is still uninstalled...so there is nothing to update.
Reading the instructions a little more closely would have prevented this. :-) Maybe the install guide should make it a bit more plain by saying that the note is only for stage2 installs.
I understand clearly what you mean now, and will test it tomorrow (friday, sweden) to see how it works out.The update portage that you are seeing is nothing to worry about. You can do that *after* you build the system. The final portage that will be on your system isn't even built yet so there is no need to worry about the update to portage. The install step *really* should be followed as a recipe and doing everything exactly as it says.
Good luck! :-)
Big thanks :) You (probably) saved me, you know!
Jonas
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--Jason
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 10:47, Jonas Widarsson wrote:
OOOh! Interresting. What you suggest is actually in the installation guide here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml#doc_chap12
But if what you are suggesting is the solution, it tells me there is a "bug" in the guide.
Because when "emerge sync" is done, the system suggests I should "update portage".
I read this:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/portage-user.xml
...which told me to do the "emerge -u system".
If it is not the preferred procedure to do that at that moment,
there should be a "red" note in the guide saying "don't do that right now."
Put it in the end of this chapter, I think:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml#doc_chap9
The bootstrap process is not finished, so I can't really verify if things work yet.
I'll be ba-ack. Jonas
Jason A. Pfeil wrote:
Hold the phone a minute.
I think that we are all looking past the problem. This problem occurred *during* installation. Installation was not finished, so there is no system to *upgrade*. The system was not installed yet...so I believe that the correct step would be to run emerge -p system followed by emerge system
I think that will go to the root of the problem and fix it. :-)
Good Luck!
--Jason
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 07:21, Jonas Widarsson wrote:
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