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Just stumbled over Gentoo prefix and it seems very exciting (see my |
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usecase below). My question: |
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Is it possible to use the host system's bash/gcc/... when having a |
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Gentoo prefix on Mac or Linux? I.e. a system for setting up software |
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which doesn't have *too* much redundancy with the host system. One would |
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then set PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, MANPATH etc. to use it as an overlay |
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over the host system. |
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It wouldn't need to support all the Gentoo packages, just a select subset. |
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All the bootstrapping guides assume setting up a seperate toolchain for |
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Gentoo prefix. I know very little about Gentoo, but am eager to read up |
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on it. But just a tiny link to the right docs can save me massive |
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amounts of time now in the beginning. |
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Background: |
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The Python scientific/engineering open source community has a (widely |
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recognized) problem of distributing our software and integrating that |
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distribution mechanism into our development workflow. |
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Gentoo prefix seems like a perfect fit: |
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- Lots of scientific users don't have root access (run software on |
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clusters) |
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- Need to distribute software fast and iteratively to coworkers on the |
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other side of the world with a totally different setup |
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- Linux, Mac, Solaris, Windows... |
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There's lot of half-baked distribution solution available (sagemath.org, |
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femhub.org, enthought.com, pythonxy.com), but Gentoo seems like a better |
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choice for my project for several reasons. |
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