Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Aleksandar L. Dimitrov" <aleks_d@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] convert rpm to ebuild
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 22:47:24
Message-Id: 20070511023535.31e45e5c@brmbr.moo
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] convert rpm to ebuild by "b.n."
1 On Thu, 10 May 2007 22:12:43 +0000
2 "b.n." <brullonulla@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > darren kirby ha scritto:
5 >
6 > > Well, you can install RPM...
7 > >
8 > > # emerge -p rpm
9 > >
10 > > You could then, presumably, install the RPM, though I have not ever
11 > > tried this:
12 > > # rpm -i foopackage.i386.rpm
13 >
14 > I fear this way Portage would not be aware of the package being
15 > installed. Am I wrong?
16 >
17 > m.
18
19 Hi,
20
21 no, I suppose you are perfectly right. But suppose there is a PREFIX for
22 the rpm-program and this could be set to something like /usr/local
23 or /usr/local/rpm. This way both trees would be independent - of course
24 you would also have to keep a second tree up-to-date.
25
26 Regards, Aleks
27 --
28 gentoo-user@g.o mailing list