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On Saturday 25 Feb 2017 08:25:43 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 07:35:43 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > Back on topic, I always held the view that one should not mix and match |
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> > package managers on the same system, as they may end up stepping on |
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> > each other's toes. So, I thought emerge and rpm don't go together. Is |
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> > this not the case? |
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> Using another package manager is no worse than installing from source, |
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> either way you are installing software without the knowledge of portage. |
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> A better solution is to look for an ebuild on Bugzilla, which probably |
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> ends up installing the same files but now portage knows about that. |
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> There's even an rpm eclass for such ebuilds to call on when software is |
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> only available as an RPM package. |
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Yes, this is my understanding too. Thanks for confirming. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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