possible typo: 357 [ -z "$(portageq envvar USE | grep ' ipv6')" ] && strip_ipv6 -------------------------- error message (stdout): livecd / # mirrorselect -a -s4 -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf Downloading a list of mirrors... /usr/sbin/mirrorselect: line 1: portageq: command not found Removing IPV6 Only Servers... Running netselect to determine mirrors, this might take a moment... livecd / # Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.run `mirrorselect -a -s4 -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf` on the pentium4 livecd 2. 3. Actual Results: same error message
no typo there, can you check if portageq is in your PATH ?
Reposting the mail you sent me: >>------- Additional Comments From genone@gentoo.org 2004-03-16 21:52 PST >>------- >> no typo there, can you check if portageq is in your PATH ? > > No it wasn't. I found the actual python script and the symbolic link in > my chrooted environment: > > /mnt/gentoo/usr/lib/portage/bin/portageq pythonscript > /mnt/gentoo/usr/bin/portageq symbolic link > > But I found only a broken symlink in the actual livecd environment: > > livecd root # file /mnt/cdrom/zisofs/usr/bin/portageq > /mnt/cdrom/zisofs/usr/bin/portageq: broken symbolic link to > `../lib/portage/bin/portageq' > livecd root # > > I hope this helps ? Looks like the portage installation on the livecd is a bit broken.
portage is removed from the livecd to preserve space - johnm is the maintainer. I will add him to the CC.
*** Bug 39845 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
this has now been fixed in 0.83 which will be bumped straight to stable. this will be in portage shortly, thanks for submitting this
*** Bug 57255 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This bug still occurs, using minimal LiveCD 2004.2 and stage 1 for x86. Is there a workaround? Is it checked that the solution is rolled out?
REOPENing
should be fixed in 0.85 - will move into portage shortly.
I've experienced the same problem as the original poster. I ran the command: mirrorselect -a -s4 -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf as per the handbook. After letting the mirror select finish, there was was a ton of garbage in the file, and the GENTOO_MIRRORS was at the very end. The output start of the output from mirror select goes like this: Downloading a list of mirrors... /usr/sbin/mirrorselect: line 1: portageq: command not found Downloading 100k segments from 155 server(s) Further investigation revealed a broken symlink: /usr/bin/portageq -> ../lib/portage/bin/portageq This was during a stage1 install, booted from the iso: install-x86-minimal-2004.3-r1.iso Running on an old Celeron ... Linux livecd 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP Thu Nov 25 03:24:02 UTC 2004 i686 Celeron (Mendocino) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
The handbook has been modified to include a grep, which removes the unwanted output. We don't have a full portage environment on the LiveCD, so portage commands will always fail.
