On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 21:24, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 May 2003 16:54, Stephan Hermann wrote:
> >
> > But I don't have a gentoo distribution as base linux.
> > Company standard is debian and we have a split between OS administration
> > and "application" administration.
> > (application in the meaning of: software to run self coded products for
> > customers)
> >
> > so I can't install the portage tree in /etc /usr/portage etc. I need to
> > install it at /opt/apps/portage for example.
> 
> Unfortunately most ebuilds presume that they are build on a gentoo system, as 
> such they have hardcoded directories. In general portage is not really that 
> suitable as a secondary package manager.
> 

Actually no.  Most stuff use variables set by portage, with only two or
three packages using hardcoded:

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$ find . -type f -name '*.ebuild' -exec awk '
$0 !~ /^[[:space:]]*#/ {
    foo = $0

    if (sub(/usr\/portage/, "", foo)) {

        bar = FILENAME
        sub(/^\.\//, "", bar) 

        print bar ":  " $0
    }
}' {} \;
app-sci/tbass/tbass-20030204.ebuild:  	einfo "/usr/portage/distfiles
before emerging."
app-sci/tbass/tbass-20030318.ebuild:  	einfo "/usr/portage/distfiles
before emerging."
dev-java/blackdown-jre/blackdown-jre-1.3.1-r9.ebuild:  .
/usr/portage/eclass/inherit.eclass
net-ftp/jftpgw/jftpgw-0.13.1.ebuild: 
FILEDIR="/usr/portage/net-ftp/jftpgw/files"
net-ftp/jftpgw/jftpgw-0.13.4.ebuild: 
FILEDIR="/usr/portage/net-ftp/jftpgw/files"
sys-apps/baselayout/baselayout-1.8.5.9.ebuild:  	keepdir /usr/include
/usr/src /usr/portage
sys-apps/baselayout/baselayout-1.8.6.5.ebuild:  	if [ ! -d
"${ROOT}/usr/portage" ]
sys-apps/baselayout/baselayout-1.8.6.5.ebuild:  		keepdir /usr/portage
sys-apps/baselayout/baselayout-1.8.6.6.ebuild:  	if [ ! -d
"${ROOT}/usr/portage" ]
sys-apps/baselayout/baselayout-1.8.6.6.ebuild:  		keepdir /usr/portage
sys-apps/baselayout/baselayout-1.8.5.8.ebuild:  	keepdir /usr/include
/usr/src /usr/portage
sys-apps/baselayout/baselayout-1.8.6.7.ebuild:  	keepdir_mount
/usr/portage
sys-apps/baselayout/baselayout-1.8.6.8.ebuild:  	keepdir_mount
/usr/portage
sys-apps/busybox/busybox-0.60.5-r1.ebuild:  	einfo "Edit
/usr/portage/sys-apps/busybox/files/Config.h and"

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It will thus not be too much issue to fix these, as the only broken ones
seem to be:

  app-sci/tbass/tbass-20030204.ebuild
  app-sci/tbass/tbass-20030318.ebuild
  dev-java/blackdown-jre/blackdown-jre-1.3.1-r9.ebuild
  net-ftp/jftpgw/jftpgw-0.13.1.ebuild
  net-ftp/jftpgw/jftpgw-0.13.4.ebuild
  sys-apps/busybox/busybox-0.60.5-r1.ebuild

with baselayout prob also falling under what should be fixed,
but could be given to discussion, as I guess you would not install
it if you use portage as second package system.


Regards,

-- 

Martin Schlemmer
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer
Cape Town, South Africa