Emerge gentoo-sources can't resolve genpatch file 2.6.12-10

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David_Velden2 · Post by **David_Velden2** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:10 am

Hi, I'm installing Gentoo 2005.1 (stage3) from the universal install cd on my AMD64. It was going pretty well, until I had to download some kernel patches. I have downloaded the kernel succesfully, but then emerge wants to download the file: genpatches-2.6.12-10.base.tar.bz2
It logs in succesfully onto the host FTP servers, but none of the mirrors seem to contain the file. I've looked for it mannually using a webbrowser, but I can only find files like genpatches-2.6.12-11.base.tar.bz2 instead of the version emerge is trying to find.

Is this a known problem? What do I have to do next? I followed the manual quite strictly, but I just can't go further while this file is still missing. Without this genpatch I can't find the kenel source symlink in /usr/src/linux/

Can you please give your awnser in English that I understand? In the form of some litteral steps I can execute, just like the gentoo install manual?\

Thanks,
David (Holland)

mark_alec · Post by **mark_alec** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:26 am

I don't know why you cannot find it on any mirrors but I can help you solve it

As root, 'cd /usr/portage/distfiles/' then 'wget http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/t ... se.tar.bz2'

You should now be able to 'emerge gentoo-sources' and continue with the handbook.

David_Velden2 · Post by **David_Velden2** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:10 am

That did the trick. Thank you very much!!!