Bug 488092

Summary:	stage3-20131010.tar.bz2 doesn't have profiles
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	brankob
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=6#doc_chap2
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description brankob 2013-10-15 05:30:06 UTC

I am setting up gentoo system on empty machine from scratch.

Doc page on gentoo.org says that I should download stage3 into new root, unpack it, sets some bits here and there, chroot and set the profile before I do emerge --sync etcetc.

But eselect profile list shows no valid profiles and stage3 doesn't seem to contain /usr/portage/profiles/*




Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
eselect profile list show no valid profile


I did my installation from latest minimal install for amd64 and unpacked stage3-amd64-2013101.tar.bz2

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-10-15 14:41:09 UTC

No, it says specifically that you do "Installing a Portage Snapshot" first and then "Choosing the Right Profile", not the reverse.