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On Monday 16 Mar 2015 01:48:31 Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Emanuele Rusconi <emarsk@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I understand the convenience of having an ebuild to distribute commonly |
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> > used software like flash, especially from a distribution POV, but the |
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> > question still goes unanswered: why does HE want an ebuild to install a |
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> > .deb package? |
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> Obviously I can't speak for him, but some obvious benefits include: |
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> 1. Convenience - emerge foo and you're done. |
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> 2. Package-managed files. So, you can uninstall it too. |
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> 3. Automatic hash checking/etc - if the deb is tampered with then |
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> portage will refuse to install it unless they also hack into the |
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> Gentoo repo and change the hashes there as well. |
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> 4. openrc init.d scripts and systemd units following Gentoo |
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> conventions/etc. 5. Automated updates, possibly including a stable |
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> branch. |
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> 6. If in the main tree, then you benefit from Gentoo's security policies. |
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Rich covered it very well on my behalf (thank you Rich). I find it more |
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convenient to use a repo's package manager to avoid proliferation of files |
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that could cause clashes on my system. In this case, I would rather use |
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portage. |
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I've looked at zugaina too and didn't find anything, hence I asked here. I'll |
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file a bug at some point, unless anyone beats me to it. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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