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On 27-10-2008 23:20:25 +0530, Narendra Prasad Madanapalli wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I am currently using prefix portage and still need some clarifications |
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> on the following |
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> Why do we need Prefix Portage insted of the combination of |
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> chroot+portage? |
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> For example, |
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> * set up chroot environment in /opt/myprefix |
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> * chroot /opt/myprefix |
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> * Install all necessary packages based on normal-portage inside it. |
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> Even though prefix-portage based s/w can be installed as normal user, |
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> admin previleges are required to start/stop servers inside the s/w. In |
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> this case chroot+normal portage is enough than prefix. |
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You have the luxury of having access to a privileged user, some of us |
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don't :) |
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> And more over, chroot+normal-poragate can be used inside any directory |
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> of user choice. |
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> Can anybody please provide appropriate answers for the above so that I |
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> will be cleared and proceed with proper portage. |
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It's a matter of perspective. You can't have some tool from your chroot |
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being used without being in the chroot, whereas you can run a tool from |
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your Prefix, while not being inside your Prefix (e.g. rsync on Solaris). |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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