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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:16:50 -0500 |
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Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@×××××××××××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Is their currently a script/program out there that will install an RPM |
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> onto a Gentoo system? I'm not talking about 'rpm --nodeps -i |
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> file.rpm'. I mean a program that will parse the RPMs dependencies and |
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> then use portage to try and satisfy those dependencies, write a dummy |
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> ebuild, then use portage to install it. Yes, I know RPMs are the spawn |
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> of Satan. No, I do not need this program for myself. I just think it |
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> would be an interesting project. |
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I don't know of any tool to do it automatically, the easiest way is |
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probably |
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a) take a look at the spec file of the src.rpm (if available) and |
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rewrite that in an ebuild, or |
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b) make an ebuild based on the rpm eclass like the ebuilds |
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ximian-connector or use rpm2targz / rpm2cpio |
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Marius |
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