Bug 113870

Summary:	Step 5 of the handbook does not list all possible "alternate installation" sources for Portage
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Robin McNeill <063637m>
Component:	Handbook	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=5#doc_chap4
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Robin McNeill 2005-11-28 20:16:44 UTC

I am following the handbook for a gentoo installation using the Universal
Installation CD. Step 5a gives us the choice between downloading a Stage
tarball, or using the one already contained on the installation CD. This is
good, as there is already a Stage tarball on my CD, so I used it. However,
further down in this page, it states that I *must* install a Portage snapshot
which is downloaded from the internet. No alternate option is mentioned. The
handbook should mention that there is a Portage snapshot already contained
within the Universal Installation CD at
/mnt/cdrom/snapshot/portage-200.1.tar.bz2 which can be used instead of a
downloaded version.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Read the handbook =)

Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-11-29 08:23:13 UTC

That was done on purpose.
The networkless handbook uses the snapshot on the CD because there's no other
choice.
The handbook that requires an Internet connection asks to download a snapshot
because it's faster than to use the snapshot and then run `emerge --sync`. FYI,
the snapshot on the CD is 5 months old.