97163 – 2005.0 Handbook Typo; cp Needs -r or -R

Bug 97163 - 2005.0 Handbook Typo; cp Needs -r or -R

Summary: 2005.0 Handbook Typo; cp Needs -r or -R

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team

URL:	http://www.its.caltech.edu/~fong/temp...
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Reported:	2005-06-26 21:08 UTC by Pamela Fong
Modified:	2005-06-27 08:53 UTC (History)
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Description Pamela Fong 2005-06-26 21:08:53 UTC

Followed new (I think) instruction for Installing Portage, located at,
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.0/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=5, in
the section, "Copy Source Code Archives",

  cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/* /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/

and got error,

  cp: omitting directory `/mnt/cdrom/distfiles/cvs-src'

I'm using install-x86-universal-2005.0.iso and portage snapshot,
portage-20050625.tar.bz2.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/* /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/cdrom/distfiles/cvs-src'

Expected Results:  
Silent recursive copy of all files and directories of /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/* to
/mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/

I think this is a new instruction added to the 2005 Handbook.

Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-06-27 08:53:36 UTC

Actually, the handbook is correct.

We don't want the cvs-src directory.

Also, any bugs with the documentation do not belong to the release group, as we
do not manage the documentation.