Forgot a Step: What Will Happen

baigsabeeh · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:37 pm Post subject: Forgot a Step: What Will Happen

Right now, I'm installing Gentoo and I missed the Portage Snapshot step. So, i didn't download a portage snapshot. However, when I ran emerge -sync [correct me fi i'm wrong] I didn't get any errors, nothing compalined, and everything was there in the /usr/portage directory.

Could something go wrong with my install? Do I need to go back and fix this? Is Portage installed anyway through the sync?

codergeek42

baigsabeeh · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

What can go wrong? Can I place a new Portage snapshot after the install and update Portage that way?

cyrillic · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject:

I think codergeek42 answered your third question.

baigsabeeh · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:08 pm Post subject:

Yes, but I don't know what the yes applies to. Does it apply to portage getting install during or what?

Lechium · Apprentice Joined: 04 Apr 2005 Posts: 244

wipe out you HDD and restart you install from right after formatting step.

baigsabeeh · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject:

I don't want to start all over. I've been running emerge --emptytree system for the past 2 hrs and I'm almost close to done. I'll see what happnes unless code can clarify his answer.

Sangeki · Apprentice Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 186

Don't worry,

the Portage Snapshot is completely optional.
You'll get all the ebuild's (what's inside the portage snapshot) when you "emerge sync".