Bug 141224

Summary:	RTx86 Emerge error ~ARCH is not set
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Stephen Steele <steeles3>
Component:	LiveCD/DVD/USB	Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team <releng>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stephen Steele 2006-07-20 17:57:20 UTC

using 2006.1 mini iso normal handbook install first time emerge with USE="-doc symlink" emerge gentoo-sources

which ~arch should I use for release testing 2006.1? Anyother make.conf additions I should do?

Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-07-20 19:32:54 UTC

Are you talking about this?

!!! ARCH is not set... Are you missing the '/etc/make.profile' symlink?
!!! Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete?

If so, that just means that you don't have a portage tree. Unpack a snapshot, run 'emerge --sync', mount it via NFS from another computer, etc.

Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-07-21 06:28:24 UTC

If you are unsure of how to install from a stage1 tarball, then don't.  Otherwise, you should be following the Handbook.

Thanks

Comment 3 Stephen Steele 2006-07-21 06:41:03 UTC

Thank you Andrew. That was it. I made the wrong assumption that during testing emerge --sync was not needed. emerge works fine now. I will continue with testing on stage3-i686-2006.1.tar.bz2

Close this bug.
Steve

Comment 4 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-07-21 06:51:56 UTC

Cool, thanks... =]