The current text shows: The following table lists the tools you need to install if you use a certain file system: File System Tool Install Command XFS xfsprogs emerge --usepkg xfsprogs ReiserFS reiserfsprogs emerge --usepkg reiserfsprogs JFS jfsutils emerge --usepkg jfsutils When I did the install, earlier in the process and I chose the filesystems, I did ext3... Are there tools for this? It would have been great if it said that there was no tools, or if I should pick XFS or something. Just would make the docs a little clearer. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Expected Results: Illustrated to me what to do if I installed ext2 or ext3...
The document does say that it lists the tools you need to install *if* you use a certain [listed] file system. So ext3 users don't have to install any extra's. The reason for this is that the ext2/3 related tools are already installed (as part of the core system). I'd rather not explain all this in the installation instructions as the goal of the document is to aid users in installing Gentoo, not providing answers to all questions they might have (otherwise a handbook isn't sufficient, a Gentoo encyclopedia would be necessary :) Regarding XFS: no, you don't have to install the XFS tools if you don't have XFS.
