When following the installation summary on www.gentoo.org, building the kernel fails with: /usr/bin/genkernel: line 9: mke2fs: command not found * ERROR: Could not format initrd-2.6.8-gentoo-r7! this is because i haven't installed e2fsprogs yet, but surely they should have been installed as a dependency of genkernel's if it requires them? Either that or genkernel should check for mke2fs' availability, or disable initrd's when e2fsprogs is not available, or whatever. Easiest fix would be to make e2fsprogs a dependency of genkernel's. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Follow gentoo "recommended" installation instructions from scratch ;) 2. 3.
ack, looks like the reason it failed is because "emerge system" didnt finish (for some reason) But it should still be a depend, even an optional one...
Ok, fixed with genkernel-3.0.2c, it should reach rsync shortly. Please reopen this bug if you have any problems. Thanks!