I'm seeing exactly the same problem as described in the forum posting given. (though I'm using the 3stage lived and not the basic one). So the problem seem to be in stage1 tar ball that is provided on both these CD's. (It might even also be in the public stage1 tar ball). As the forum post state, if you follow the instructions to to install, when you try issuing the "env-update" command you get an error. # env-update >>> Note: /etc/make.profile/make.defaults isn't available an 'emerge sync' will probably fix this. Trace back (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/env-update", line 6, in ? import portage File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 4359, in ? settings=config() File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 807 in __init__ self.mycfg=getconfig("/etc/make.conf") File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line579 in getconfig f=open(mycfg,'r') IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/make.conf' The "emerge sync" suggested in the error message also fails. The make.conf file is missing, and crucially /usr/portage/ is total empty. These files do not seem to be included in the stage1 tar ball. This is what I suspect the bug is. This prevents me proceding with the rest of the install. Basically gentoo cannot be install using these tar balls. This seem like a serious issue, and the current images/tar balls need to pulled from the mirrors, and new ones produced. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.grab something with 1.4_rc4 stage1 tarball (be it basic of 3stage CD) 2.follow instructions to install 3.get to "env-update" command and it fails. Actual Results: You cannot procede any further with the install!
Nick: thanks for the bug report. We did have buggy isos up initially. If you redownload the iso, you should no longer have the problem. Apologies for this issue.
