Re: [gentoo-dev] RPM installer for Gentoo

[Stuart Herbert <stuart@gentoo.org>]

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On Tuesday 26 August 2003 8:16 pm, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> Is their currently a script/program out there that will install an RPM
> onto a Gentoo system? I'm not talking about 'rpm --nodeps -i file.rpm'.
> I mean a program that will parse the RPMs dependencies and then use
> portage to try and satisfy those dependencies, write a dummy ebuild,
> then use portage to install it. Yes, I know RPMs are the spawn of Satan.
> No, I do not need this program for myself. I just think it would be an
> interesting project.

Please excuse me for this, but I think it would be a nightmare, and a waste of 
time.

The problem isn't the dependencies, it's converting the install scripts from a 
RedHat-compatible system to a Gentoo one.

I maintain a few ebuilds which have this very problem, and to date I haven't 
figured out a way of performing that automatic conversion.  If someone does, 
then I'd like to hear from them.

Best regards,
Stu
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