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A comment [[User:Larry|Larry]] 13:52, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
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provide info or different protocols for mirrors and how many to add
It isn't made clear what the pros and cons of the different protocols are, so I was left wondering which one is fastest/most secure. Also maybe there should be a recommendation of how many mirrors to add. MihailMihov (talk) 21:35, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- Not sure there is a need for this on, can you please show an example of this would look in Template:Proposal to help explain the benefits?
- Immolo (talk) 11:50, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
command to list timezones references parent directory
the command ln -sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime seems to assume that the user is not in / (why would it?) or is this just a typo? MihailMihov (talk) 21:39, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- The Handbook is designed to always teach users the correct way so while you are techicnally correct, we shouldn't make this change and cause an unforseen issue.
- Immolo (talk) 11:50, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think that I explaind myself correctly. I'm not saying to use relative paths, in fact I don't see why the locale is referenced as such. Why
../usrinstead of/usr? MihailMihov (talk) 13:03, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think that I explaind myself correctly. I'm not saying to use relative paths, in fact I don't see why the locale is referenced as such. Why
- After speaking to User:floppym it's clear this change isn't required for soft linking so am returning this closed based on that discussion.
- Immolo (talk) 19:10, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
- Symlink targets are always evaluated relative to their position in the filesystem, so the working directory isn't relevent when calling "ln -s" with an absolute path as the last argument.
- We generally try to avoid using absolute paths in symlink targets since that can cause problems when working with alternate ROOT directories. In this particular case it probably wouldn't matter.
- --Floppym (talk) 19:17, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
example shows selecting the POSIX locale, but that causes issues in desktop environments
there is a warning that atleast one utf 8 locale must be built, but no warning that following the example and selecting POSIX will cause issues with graphical applications. MihailMihov (talk) 21:44, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed in Special:Diff/1288877/1288884, thanks!
- --Xarvatium (talk) 19:23, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
Example for binary package host example has inconsistent naming
The example for the binary package host is in the location /etc/portage/binrepos.conf/gentoo.conf while the location in the Binary Host Quickstart points to /etc/portage/binrepos.conf/gentoobinhost.conf, and some users might find this confusing.
WavyEbuilder (talk) 21:22, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- To add this issue was found by a new user that got confused, so this is a needed changed.
- Proposed changes - Please make edits here until a final revision is agreed upon.
A second important step in selecting mirrors is to configure the Gentoo ebuild repository via the /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoobinhost.conf file. This file contains the sync information needed to update the package repository (the collection of ebuilds and related files containing all the information Portage needs to download and install software packages). - Immolo (talk) 21:29, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed in Special:Diff/1287348/1288665, thanks!
- --Xarvatium (talk) 21:34, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
Mentions of 17.1 profiles should be changed to 23.0
Now that the stage 3 files have been updated to use 23.0 profiles, I think it should be time to update any mentions of 17.1 profiles to 23.0, as I believe it could in some cases clear up confusion for some users who are installing Gentoo for the first time.
--MymeType (talk) 23:41, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- AMD64 bumped in Special:Diff/1282566/1289968
- --Xarvatium (talk) 23:56, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- I see no more occurrences of 17.1. Closing. Waldo Lemmer (talk) 12:30, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Please delete this: "# May have been created in a previous step"
Change 2 of 2: (the 1st change was in "Preparing the disks"). Please delete this: "# May have been created in a previous step" from this line (ONLY the text; NOT the command):
root # mkdir /efi # May have been created in a previous step
-- Pietinger 14:58, 17 April 2024 (UTC) with help from @negril in IRC TODAY
- Fixed in Special:Diff/1294705/1298156, thanks!
- --csfore (talk) 18:44, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
FEATURES is an incremental variable
Since FEATURES is an incremental variable, instructions under "Installing binary packages" should be updated as follows:
# Install binary packages when available FEATURES="getbinpkg" # Require signatures FEATURES="binpkg-request-signature"
See: FEATURES --Lucatrv (talk) 13:37, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think this is right. It's incremental across scopes, not within the same file. --Sam (talk) 22:08, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- Yes sorry, of course you're right, I update my suggestion:
# Install binary packages and require signatures FEATURES="getbinpkg binpkg-request-signature"