Bug 270293

Summary:	Gentoo Handbook uses mirrorselect, but this is not in stage3
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Allen Brooker (AllenJB) <gentoo-bugs>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=6
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Allen Brooker (AllenJB) 2009-05-18 13:29:07 UTC

Tested using stage3-amd64-20090514.tar.bz2

The Gentoo Handbook tells users to use mirrorselect without instructions on installing it, but it is not included in stage3 (and even states that it's "provided").

I'm not sure whether this should be considered a bug in the documentation or a bug with the stage3 tarball. mirrorselect is a useful tool for new users to select appropriate geographically local mirrors, so unless there's a reason for its removal (I searched but found no bugs on this), I would suggest it's a bug with the stage3.

Comment 1 Allen Brooker (AllenJB) 2009-05-18 13:33:54 UTC

Just got pointed at the fact that mirrorselect is instructed to be run before chrooting, so this isn't a valid bug.