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Andrew, |
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I just took a quick look at the links, so I didn't notice that :o( |
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Anyway, is the RPM format mandatory for the whole system, or just |
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for installing LSB compliant software? I mean, right now some of the |
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packages in Gentoo are installed in binary format, as they aren't |
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available in source format, so maybe you could build all your Gentoo |
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system the Gentoo way, as long as you get sure you get an LSB compliant |
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system, and then use RPM to install applications that are only available |
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in that format. Keep in mind that we are talking here about commercial |
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software, so you won't get the source for them, and I think that being |
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able to install things like certified Oracle or IBM software would be |
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benefitial for Gentoo. |
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Best regards |
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Jose |
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Andrew Fant wrote: |
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> Jose, |
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> I would suspect that the odds of Gentoo complying with either of |
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> these standards are slim to none as long as they define RPM as the |
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> mandatory package management format. |
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> Andy |
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> --On Friday, November 19, 2004 18:05:53 +0100 Jose Gonzalez Gomez |
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> <jgonzalez@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Hi there, |
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>> I found today two new acronyms: LSB (Linux Standard Base)[1] and LCC |
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>> (Linux Core Consortium)[2] |
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>> [1] http://www.linuxbase.org/ |
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>> [2] http://www.mandrakesoft.com/lcc/faq |
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>> They seem to be interesting, as they intend to build on a common |
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>> base, specified in the linux standard base, so providers of commercial |
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>> software are able to certify their products on this platform, so any |
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>> distribution complying with it may get kind of automatically certified |
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>> (or something like that). I just wanted to mention here to hear your |
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>> opinions, and comment on the possibility / interest of Gentoo complying |
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>> with LSB. |
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>> Best regards |
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>> Jose |
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