Gentoo Question

[Matthew Carpenter]

Jerry McBride wrote:

>On Tuesday 27 April 2004 08:42 pm, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
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>>Collins wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:26:39 -0400
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>>>Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
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>>>>I am having quite a difficult time with file-not-found type errors when
>>>>doing emerges.
>>>>Here is an example:
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>>>If you are running from a LiveCD, you could run mirrorselect to pick some
>>>nearer mirrors. Occasionally mirrors get out of sync.
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>>Thanks Collins, that's a good idea.  The problem I have is that
>>mirrorselect is one of those packages that is failing :)
>>How can I select a mirror without it and what is a good mirror to use?
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>A list of "mirrors" that your copy of gentoo use is/are kept in /etc/make.conf 
>and make.global... look for keyword GENTOO_MIRRORS. Never change the entries 
>in make.global, but it is useful to have a look anyway.
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Thanks.  Once I have selected mirrors (I copied yours for now), would I 
then do an "emerge -emptytree world" or what?  I've not found the docs 
on all the emerge command can and should be used to do...  (at least not 
how to fix stuff :)
Thanks!
Matt