Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From:	drobbins@g.o
To:	gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] pkgmerge and auto dependency install
Date:	Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:52:03
Message-Id:	`20010201105203.D5546@cvs.gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-dev] pkgmerge and auto dependency install by Brian Snipes

1	On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 08:06:51AM -0600, Brian Snipes wrote:
2
3	> Ok.. just installed the base rc4 pre2 of Gentoo and have a question. I there
4	> any place that I can put the packages and then any command(s) that I can run
5	> that will install a package I choose and all of its dependencies from the
6	> files I have on the CD. For instance, if I want to install Gnome and it says
7	> that I need so and so as a dependency (which needs so and so - on and on and
8	> on), the command will find my existing packages and install them
9	> (dependencies and all) to satisfy the requirements of the Gnome package.
10	> Clear as mud?
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12	The short answer is that a recursive pkgmerge is not done yet, but is easy to
13	code and will be in 1.0_rc4 final.
14
15	Best Regards,
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18	Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
19	President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org
20	Gentoo Technologies, Inc.