How to determine profile version of stage 3 tarball

caballist · n00b Joined: 11 Dec 2019 Posts: 2

Attempting a fresh install of gentoo on a new latop and am following the installation handbook.

The handbook gives a big red warning about ensuring that the profile version you select matches the stage3 tarball you downloaded - however it does not say how you are supposed to determine the profile version of the stage 3 tarball. I have a selection of 17.0 and 17.1 profiles to choose from. The downloaded filename and the download page give no indication as to the profile version of the downloads available.

How do I determine the profile version of the downloaded stage 3 tarball ?

John R. Graham · Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:16 pm Post subject:

On the tarball itself:

caballist · n00b Joined: 11 Dec 2019 Posts: 2

Thanks for that John,

I'll have a hunt around as to how to suggest an update for the handbook as it seems like it should be a no brainer to add to the red warning box (and I doubt I qualify for messing with the handbook directly)

John R. Graham · Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:22 pm Post subject:

Hi cabalist,

I forgot to say before, welcome to Gentoo!

Right from the Handbook Main Page, see the notes under the heading How do I improve the Handbook? For later on, if you find a problem with a Gentoo package, see the Bug report guide.

- John
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