Apparently, though unproven, at 22:41 on Thursday 12 May 2011, Felix Miata did opine thusly:
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6 seems > to have a circular reference, that is, suggesting the use of the subject > utility prior to chrooting and having any such utility in $PATH. I've > never installed Gentoo before, so maybe I've missed something. Or maybe > that page could use another link or some rewrite to clarify? > > I tried to find an answer via http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ but > it seems to lack a search function/box. :-( Where exactly is this supposed circular reference? As in, quote the exact text and why you feel it is in error. You have to select a mirror before the chroot step; to get a working chroot you have to acquire a stage (usually by downloading it) and to do that you need to select a download source. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
