158743 – Wrong use of emerge atoms in /doc/en/liveusb.xml

Bug 158743 - Wrong use of emerge atoms in /doc/en/liveusb.xml

Summary: Wrong use of emerge atoms in /doc/en/liveusb.xml

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	nm (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2006-12-21 09:27 UTC by Christian Heim (RETIRED)
Modified:	2006-12-21 23:34 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Christian Heim (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-12-21 09:27:26 UTC

The emerge atom to install sys-boot/syslinux present in the Guide is invalid.

Either use '=sys-boot/syslinux-3*' or '>sys-boot/syslinux-3'.

$ diff -Nup liveusb.xml.orig liveusb.xml
--- liveusb.xml.orig
+++ liveusb.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ USB flash drive:

 <pre caption="Installing a master boot record">
 <comment>(Make sure you have sys-boot/syslinux-3.00 or later installed)</comment>
-# <i>emerge -av '>=sys-boot/syslinux-3*'</i>
+# <i>emerge -av '=sys-boot/syslinux-3*'</i>
 # <i>dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda</i>
 0+1 records in
 0+1 records out

Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-12-21 23:34:36 UTC

Thanks for reporting. I went with the >sys-boot/syslinux-3 option, that way we're not locked in to just the 3 series (in case 4 ever comes out).

Fixed in CVS. :)