Gentoo Archives: gentoo-osx

From: Cap'n Hector <me@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-osx@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-osx] Some Introduction
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 05:57:22
Message-Id: 0CD5EB08-338B-492B-9594-60CE580B6890@caphector.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-osx] Some Introduction by Kito
1 On Aug 7, 2005, at 10:38 PM, Kito wrote:
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3 >
4 > Because relying on Apples proprietary stuff is asking for trouble,
5 > its liable to change at any given moment without notice. However,
6 > emerge'ing from .pkgs is in testing as we speak...
7
8 AFAIK, Apple only changes the .pkg format on major releases. Looking
9 over the release history of Pacifist ( http://www.versiontracker.com/
10 dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12743 ), it appears that he only needs to update
11 package handing for major releases.
12
13 While it's not perfect, it does keep stuff simpler. You should also
14 be able to hook into the installer command-line utility and need to
15 use fewer wrappers.
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17 Cap'n Hector
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