Hi,

On Tuesday 20 May 2003 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.

I think you are misunderstanding.

I'm not talking about ebuilds and gentoo software. I'm really talking about 
portage.

Scenario:

	I want to build up a separate build server for own made profiles.
	I'm providing own ebuilds depending on self defined enviroments.
	I want to use portage, to manage different profiles.

So, I have to move the portage python scripts from /usr/portage, the symlinks 
from /usr to somewhere else, and to redeclare all hardcoded path variables in 
the portage python source from e.g. /etc/make.conf to 
/opt/company_standard/portage_dist/etc/make.conf.

I'm not talking about ebuilds, because I'm provinding my own set of ebuilds, 
specialised for several standard application enviroments.

regards,

\sh