On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 11:39:08AM -0500, Stephen More wrote > Resolving ftp6.uni-erlangen.de... failed: Host not found. **** **** **** Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, we have a loser!
> Resolving vlaai.snt.ipv6.utwente.nl... failed: Host not found. **** **** **** Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, we have a loser! [...deletia...] > I downloaded portage-20050112.tar.bz2 and I used emerge --sync > per http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6 > > Yes, I am using the 2004.3 LiveCD > > I did execute mirrorselect and this is what it picked: > > GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp6.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo > ftp://vlaai.snt.ipv6.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ > ftp://chod.cwru.edu/ > gentoo ftp://mirror.gentoo.ru/pub/mirror/gentoo/" OK folks, here is the *ROOT CAUSE* of the problem. The install LiveCD boots up with IPV6 enabled. That's when mirrorselect gets run. It finds IPV6-addressable servers. But when you chroot later on in the install, you lose access to the IPV6-enabled binaries. Is there a bug report on this somewhere? I think the correct procedure should be to run mirrorselect *AFTER* the chroot. > Manually downloading will fix this problem for me, but how can we fix > this problem for the next guy ? OK, so much for the screwup in the install scripts, your solution is to comment out the GENTOO_MIRRORS line in make.conf and re-run mirrorselect *AFTER CHROOTING*, which will give only IPV4-addressable servers in the MIRRORS line. The real solution is to get the developers to fix the b0rk3n install routine. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list