From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN, DMARC_MISSING,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from prisma.org (corvus.com.ve [128.121.125.18]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 370FEABD9A for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 11:42:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from prisma@localhost) by prisma.org (8.11.6/8.11.2) id g52GgWt22934; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 10:42:32 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 10:42:32 -0600 (MDT) From: vprada@corvus.com.ve To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (2) [LARGE] Message-Id: <1023036140.22900@corvus.com.ve> In-Reply-To: <3CFA28B7.3010201@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: iManager 2.03b X-Remote-Addr: 200.44.2.3 X-Remote-Host: Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: b3c91ca4-54d5-47ac-9b25-3742e7ae013f X-Archives-Hash: 492df62ed16c72479b5f0f4c9422b55a Hello The advantage of Anaconda is that is written in python. If python runs in your architecture anaconda will run in your architecture. As i told you too, this is the first approach, now i want to modify the anaconda's code to use emerge instead or rpm. Thanks Víctor Prada On Jun 02 14:16, David Chamberlain wrote: > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (2) [LARGE] > > I have no problem with the idea of an installer. The more tools the better. > On the other hand, a possible problem with Anaconda: I haven't used it, > but I assume it's x86 only? If so, we can't use it on ppc, sparc etc. > One of gentoo's greatest virtues is portability (look for more ports > appearing over the next few months), and I would encourage anyone > writing tools to bear this in mind. For a quick fix, anaconda may be > fine (we'll just live without the installer on ppc), but is there any > reason why, in the long term, the --buildpkg/--usepkg features of > portage couldn't be leveraged in place of the rpms? A virtue of this is > that portage itself could be tweaked to enhance the installer if > necessary, since it's our tool, not RedHat's. > > Regards, > > David > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > >