Bug 55159

Summary:	Updating Portage section of installation documentation is unclear as to the difference between emerge sync and emerge-webrsync
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Cap'n Hector <me>
Component:	Gentoo Linux Sparc Installation Guide	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml?part=1&chap=6
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Cap'n Hector 2004-06-25 08:22:59 UTC

When I was installing Gentoo I was following the documentation and ran both emerge sync and emerge-webrsync because they are listed in the same code listing (Code Listing 4). This makes it appear that both commands are necessary to the install process. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Follow install docs.
2. Reach "Optional: Updating Portage".
3. Following the convention in earlier sections of the document run "emerge sync" followed by "emerge-webrsync".
Actual Results:  
Emerge was synced twice.

Expected Results:  
It only needs to be synced once. The emerge-webrsync should be given as a alternative to emerge sync 
if emerge sync fails.

Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-02 08:02:27 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 51612 ***