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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using portage to install packages in home dir
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:32:23
Message-Id: 5638E173.3090409@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Using portage to install packages in home dir by Rich Freeman
1 On 11/03/2015 10:30 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 >>
3 >> That's what Gentoo Prefix does, and it works on other operating systems too.
4 >>
5 >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Prefix
6 >>
7 >
8 > IMO we don't do nearly enough to promote Prefix. Who needs MacPorts
9 > and such when you have Prefix? I consider this a real illustration of
10 > the power you get from a source-based distro.
11 >
12
13 Prefix has a terrible problem: everyone who knows how awesome it is
14 already uses Gentoo, and therefore doesn't need Prefix.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Using portage to install packages in home dir Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>