Attachment 26850 Details for Bug 43724 – patch to hb-install-system.xml

[patch] patch to hb-install-system.xml

hb-install-system.diff (text/plain), 3.88 KB, created by Tobias Scherbaum (RETIRED) on 2004-03-04 10:08:18 UTC

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>--- hb-install-system.xml.old	2004-03-04 18:40:37.693597768 +0100
>+++ hb-install-system.xml	2004-03-04 18:42:36.097597624 +0100
>@@ -416,123 +416,5 @@
> </body>
> </subsection>
> </section>
>-<section id="preparing_grp">
>-<title>Optional: Preparing for GRP</title>
>-<subsection>
>-<title>Introduction</title>
>-<body>
>-
>-
>-If you are booted from a x86 or ppc CD-1 LiveCD you can relax and continue with
>-<uri link="?part=1&amp;chap=7">Configuring the Kernel</uri> as the installation
>-of prebuilt packages happens at the very end of the installation. 
>-
>-
>-
>-If you are booted from a different architecture LiveCD and you want to use the
>-prebuilt packages provided by the LiveCD, continue with <uri
>-link="#copying_from_livecd">Copying over the GRP packages</uri>.
>-
>-
>-
>-If you want to use the prebuilt packages provided by a Gentoo mirror, continue
>-with <uri link="#grp_downloads">Configuring Portage for GRP Downloads</uri>.
>-
>-
>-</body>
>-</subsection>
>-<subsection id="copying_from_livecd">
>-<title>Copying over the GRP packages</title>
>-<body>
>-
>-
>-You should now copy over the packages onto your filesystem so that Portage is 
>-able to use them. First of all, open a second terminal by pressing
>-<c>Alt-F2</c>. This is needed as we need to work from the LiveCD, not from the
>-chrooted environment you're currently working in.
>-
>-
>-
>-You should be greeted by a root prompt (<c>#</c>). Copy over the packages using
>-the following commands:
>-
>-
>-<pre caption="Copy over precompiled packages">
>-# mkdir -p /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/packages/All
>-# cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/All/* /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/packages/All/
>-</pre>
>-
>-
>-After this step has completed, return to the chrooted environment by pressing
>-<c>Alt-F1</c>.
>-
>-
>-
>-Now pay close attention! Your Portage snapshot is in place and the GRP packages
>-are ready to be used. However, Portage doesn't automagically use them unless you
>-tell it to. Luckily, this is hardly difficult: every time you are asked to
>-install a package using <c>emerge</c>, you must add <c>--usepkg</c> as an
>-option:
>-
>-
>-<pre caption="Example for Installing a GRP Package">
>-<comment>(Example without GRP)</comment>
>-# emerge vanilla-sources
>-
>-<comment>(Example with GRP)</comment>
>-# emerge --usepkg vanilla-sources
>-</pre>
>-
>-
>-That's all there is to it. Just don't forget to add <c>--usepkg</c>. Now
>-continue with <uri link="?part=1&amp;chap=7">Configuring the Kernel</uri>.
>-
>-
>-
>-</body>
>-</subsection>
>-<subsection id="grp_downloads">
>-<title>Configuring Portage for GRP Downloads</title>
>-<body>
>-
>-
>-First of all, you need to edit <path>/etc/make.conf</path> and define
>-the <c>PORTAGE_BINHOST</c> variable so that it points to the server from which
>-you want to download the GRP packages. Please check our <uri
>-link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirror list</uri> for the available mirrors. 
>-
>-
>-<pre caption="Editing /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf">
>-# nano -w /etc/make.conf
>-</pre>
>-
>-<pre caption="Setting the PORTAGE_BINHOST variable">
>-PORTAGE_BINHOST="ftp://some.mirror.com/pub/gentoo/grp/2004/athlon-xp"
>-</pre>
>-
>-
>-Save and exit (by pressing Ctrl-X and confirming). With this in place, you must 
>-now pay close attention. Portage will not automagically download the GRP 
>-packages if you don't instruct it to. However, this isn't hard: every time you 
>-are asked to install a package using <c>emerge</c>, you must add 
>-<c>--getbinpkg</c> as an option:
>-
>-
>-<pre caption="Example for Downloading GRP Packages">
>-<comment>(Example without downloading GRP)</comment>
>-# emerge vanilla-sources
>-
>-<comment>(Example with downloading GRP)</comment>
>-# emerge --getbinpkg vanilla-sources
>-</pre>
>-
>-
>-That's all there is to it. Just don't forget to add <c>--getbinpkg</c>. Now
>-continue with <uri link="?part=1&amp;chap=7">Configuring the Kernel</uri>.
>-
>-
>-</body>
>-</subsection>
>-</section>
> 
> </sections>

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