102735 – mkdir /etc/portage in handbook, but dir already exists

Bug 102735 - mkdir /etc/portage in handbook, but dir already exists

Summary: mkdir /etc/portage in handbook, but dir already exists

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Xavier Neys (RETIRED)

URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook...
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Reported:	2005-08-16 11:05 UTC by Matthias Moelkner
Modified:	2005-08-16 15:28 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Matthias Moelkner 2005-08-16 11:05:14 UTC

Hi there,

in your installation guide on gentoo.org is a little bug. You should create a 
directory, whitch already exists, the directory /etc/portage. this error 
occours in capitle 6.
please take this line out from the installation guide!
thanks,

Matthias Moelkner,
DE 

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-08-16 15:14:53 UTC

Not being sure whether all stages for all arches have the /etc/portage dir, I
have added the -p option to the mkdir to be on the safe side.
Thanks for reporting.

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-08-16 15:28:14 UTC

no, /etc/portage does not always exist in all stages, so adding -p is the right
thing :)