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>> I don't think I have the time or will to implement my own Gentoo |
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>> subproject. |
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>> If a prefix based approach is implemented, I think I will have to switch |
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>> to |
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>> Fink or DarwinPorts, where at least exist a _fixed_ prefix, where I can |
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>> depend upon. |
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> |
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> two things: |
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> 1) if (and only if) the Gentoo for OS X installer allows you to set the |
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> prefix, then nothing prevents you from setting it to /, IMHO, |
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> resulting in the situation as now. |
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> 2) if the Gentoo for OS X installer doesn't allows you to set it, the |
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> prefix location will in practise be as fixed as for DarwinPorts and |
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> Fink. |
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> |
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Not really. |
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If 1) is implemented, I cannot be sure that all users have / as their |
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prefix, which means all packages which are dependent upon others (like in |
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my frontend idea) have to add additional logic to actually find the items |
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they depend upon. This means more work in implementing and maintaining. |
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If 2) is implemented, I am not better than in DarwinPorts, but in |
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DarwinPorts the system is implemented and works. Portage would be in a |
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state of adaption for a longer time. |
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> If you happen to find out how to do this properly, I would be more than |
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> willing to see whether it is possible to simply use an offset to install |
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> in, but not changing the paths within this offset (like a chroot jail), |
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> such that the packages in your union mount look for things in the main |
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> file system (i.e. "/"). Since your previous results have proven to be |
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> interesting, but not fully covering (eg. global union mount), in the |
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> meanwhile we keep on working on the prefix. |
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Fine with me. |
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Regards |
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Dirk |
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