From: unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca   
      
   markhobley@hotpop.deletethisbit.com (Mark Hobley) writes:   
      
   >J.O. Aho  wrote:   
      
   >> The default ls is part of sys-apps/coreutils, could be that you missed to   
   >> emerge it, or your $PATH is messed up and the file in question can't be   
   found   
   >> by the system (did you run: source /etc/profile).   
      
   >Ok, following compilation of the base, I exit from the chroot environment, and   
   >re-enter:   
      
   >exit   
   >exit   
   >chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash   
   >env-update   
   >source /etc/profile   
   >export PS1="(chroot) $PS1"   
      
   >ls -l /usr/bin/linux   
      
   >Ok. It is working fine now. The rebuilt version must be using either a built   
   >in command, or a different pathname. (Examining the box reveals that /bin/ls   
   >exists so maybe the pathname changed.)   
      
   No, /bin is used for files which are crucial and should be available even   
   if the system is in single user mode, where /usr may be on another   
   partition and not even mounted. ls is one of those commands, as is mount,   
   and a variety of others (ls /bin/)   
      
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