it's not actually a bug. but you state in code listing 25.2 that all files should be copied from the cd to the hard drive. i think it's a waste of diskspace (400-500Mb, maybe more in the future), if i have burnt the cd allready... instead (what i do on PCs with small disks) is to make symlinks. So apart from # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom # cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages/* /usr/portage/packages/ there should be the folowing as an option to users with small disks: # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom # mkdir /usr/portage/packages/All (if it isn't there allready) # for i in *; do ln -s /mnt/cdrom/packages/All/$i /usr/portage/packages/All/$i ;done Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
There are several ways to have the packages available without copying them to disk. We can (1) set the PKGDIR variable to the mountpoint, or (2) symlink the All directory on the CD, or (3) bindmount the directory. There are perhaps even more alternatives. We have however chosen to keep it as is. This doesn't mean you have to use the way we describe ofcourse :) The main reason why we copy things is because users tend to install stuff after installation too, and far from all users remember that they have to mount the Gentoo CD again and create the symlinks. Perhaps we could create a Tips&Tricks document with these kinds of stuff in. You're always free to create one ofcourse :)
I'm marking this as WONTFIX
