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From: Luke-Jr <luke-jr@g.o>
To: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>, gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] installing portage in another directory structure
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 00:22:58
Message-Id: 200305210023.00205.luke-jr@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] installing portage in another directory structure by Paul de Vrieze
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4 Last I checked, the directories used by Portage can be changed in make.conf
5 easilly... It works fine for me using /home/luke-jr/src/gentoo-x86/ for the
6 Portage tree, at least...
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8 On Tuesday 20 May 2003 07:24 pm, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
9 > On Tuesday 20 May 2003 16:54, Stephan Hermann wrote:
10 > > But I don't have a gentoo distribution as base linux.
11 > > Company standard is debian and we have a split between OS administration
12 > > and "application" administration.
13 > > (application in the meaning of: software to run self coded products for
14 > > customers)
15 > >
16 > > so I can't install the portage tree in /etc /usr/portage etc. I need to
17 > > install it at /opt/apps/portage for example.
18 >
19 > Unfortunately most ebuilds presume that they are build on a gentoo system,
20 > as such they have hardcoded directories. In general portage is not really
21 > that suitable as a secondary package manager.
22 >
23 > Paul
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