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Bug 3122

Summary: Code listing 24 generates errors
Product: [OLD] Docs-user Reporter: Steven <sboothe>
Component: Gentoo Linux x86 Installation GuideAssignee: Sherman Boyd (meekrob) (RETIRED) <meekrob>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: All   
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/build.html
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Description Steven 2002-05-28 15:24:44 UTC
The following documentation could use some attention for the sake of clarity.

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14.Final steps: kernel and system logger

If you're installing a Gentoo Linux 1.1+ stage3 tarball, we've made things
convenient for you and included recent Linux sources in /usr/src/linux.
Otherwise, you'll need to merge Linux source ebuilds. Here are the ones we
currently offer:

gentoo-sources: Our own performance and functionality-enhanced kernel based on
-ac (doesn't include XFS support)

xfs-sources: A snapshot of the SGI XFS CVS Linux source tree; this is the kernel
to run if you're using the XFS filesystem

openmosix-sources: A stock Linux kernel source tree patched with support for the
GPL openMosix load-balancing/clustering technology

usermode-sources: A stock Linux kernel source tree patched with support for
User-Mode Linux. ("Linux inside Linux" technology)

vanilla-sources: A stock Linux kernel source tree, just like you'd get from
kernel.org

Choose one and then merge as follows:

Code listing 24
# emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
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First: I would suggest expanding on description regarding xfs-sources to be more
explanatary as to what to do if you have mixed partition types (for instance
when /boot is ext2-3, and your others are XFS).

Second: "Code listing 24" lists a command that chokes when applied following a
stage2-1.2 file being applied. The command that works is minus the "sys-kernel/"
part of the string.
Hence: "# emerge gentoo-sources" would be the command that works.

I hope this helps. Thanks for everything.
Comment 1 Sherman Boyd (meekrob) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-06-10 12:22:40 UTC
>>Second: "Code listing 24" lists a command that chokes when applied following a
>>stage2-1.2 file being applied. The command that works is minus the "sys-kernel/"
>>part of the string.
>>Hence: "# emerge gentoo-sources" would be the command that works.

hmm, it seems to work for me.  Try 

emerge --pretend sys-kernel/gentoo-sources

and let me know if you still have this problem.

sherman