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On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 07:51:58PM -0600, Justin Vander Ziel wrote: |
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> * What is the difference between Portage and e-build? Where does one begin |
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> and the other start? I'm familiar with Daniel's article that was posted on |
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> IBM about the e-build system |
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> (http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/bash3.html) |
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OK, forgot to answer this. Portage is the official name for the system as a whole. |
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Portage uses ebuild scripts and the "ebuild" program right now; this may evolve |
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into something more advanced as time goes on. But the entire system will still |
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continue to be called Portage. |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |