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From: drobbins@g.o
To: Justin Vander Ziel <zielot@××××××××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Bug report, Portage question, No sources included
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 22:21:35
Message-Id: 20010107203229.A9075@cvs.gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Bug report, Portage question, No sources included by Justin Vander Ziel
1 On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 07:51:58PM -0600, Justin Vander Ziel wrote:
2
3 > * What is the difference between Portage and e-build? Where does one begin
4 > and the other start? I'm familiar with Daniel's article that was posted on
5 > IBM about the e-build system
6 > (http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/bash3.html)
7
8 OK, forgot to answer this. Portage is the official name for the system as a whole.
9 Portage uses ebuild scripts and the "ebuild" program right now; this may evolve
10 into something more advanced as time goes on. But the entire system will still
11 continue to be called Portage.
12
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