Re: [gentoo-dev] using Portage with other distributions.

[Terje Kvernes]

Patrick Lauer <gentoo@×××××××××××××.de> writes:

> On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 14:16, Terje Kvernes wrote:
>
> > first off: at work we don't run Gentoo and this will not change.  I
> > would however like to use Portage for stuff that the chosen
> > distribution doesn't supply, or just to keep more up to date
> > software available under, say, /portage (the ROOT name is
> > irrelevant, but it's not /usr or (/usr)/local).  think of this a
> > good replacement for encap.
> >
> > my first attempt was to make portage self-contained under this root,
> > using /portage/etc and similar structures.  this I had to abandon
> > rather quickly, as /etc/make.conf and similar files are hardcoded to
> > be under /etc.
>
> If you use chroot it's not a problem even to precompile gentoo for
> later installation. The procedure is basically:
>
> * extract stage-n tarball into a directory
> * chroot /directory/where/you/put/it /bin/bash
> * emerge sync
> * emerge whatever-you-need

  this isn't a problem at all.  except that it's rather different from
  what I wish to achieve.  I already have a working system with glibc,
  GCC, bash, binutils and so on.  all I want portage to do is to
  install additional software outside of default system stuff.  this
  is why I injected the appropriate packages.  
 
> > the user and group warning would be nice to turn off by the way.
> > the real problem is the sandbox library which seems to be missing
> > its path.  are there any good ideas on how to fix this?
>
> in a chrooted environment it's not a problem.

  that much we can agree on.  it doesn't help me though.

> The warnings are there for a reason, so son't ecpect them to go away
> ...

  there is a difference between "turn off" and "go away".  I know
  perfectly well why the warnings are there.  
 
> > [1] I based my Portage testing on the portage rescue image, which I
> >     dumped on /portage and created a lot of symlinks on /usr to make
> >     things work.  installing portage on /usr is something I really
> >     want to avoid, I _really_ wish for /portage to have everything
> >     related to portage.  :-/
>
> chrooting avoids all those path issues. There are some minor
> problems, but I have even used it to compile packages for a broken
> gentoo install _on the same machine_ without restarting ... :-)

  been there, done that.  I've changed glibc like that on a box.  this
  is neither a problem or a solution to what I'm looking at doing
  though.
 
> Happy hacking,

  always.  :-)

-- 
Terje

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