114857 – extract downloaded portage to mnt/gentoo/usr doesnt work by default, had to mkdir usr manually

Bug 114857 - extract downloaded portage to mnt/gentoo/usr doesnt work by default, had to mkdir usr manually

Summary: extract downloaded portage to mnt/gentoo/usr doesnt work by default, had to m...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Docs Team

URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook...
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Reported:	2005-12-08 04:22 UTC by bgarnicnig
Modified:	2005-12-08 04:26 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description bgarnicnig 2005-12-08 04:22:20 UTC

extract downloaded portage to /mnt/gentoo/usr doesnt work by default, i had to
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr manually

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.download portage as described
2.tar xvjf /mnt/gentoo/portage-<date>.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr
3.

Actual Results:  
"cannot chdir usr"

Expected Results:  
extract the tarball

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-12-08 04:26:57 UTC

What about extracting the stage first, as the handbook says? ;p