From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9735 invoked from network); 21 May 2004 22:43:21 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by parrot.ussg.indiana.edu with SMTP; 21 May 2004 22:43:21 +0000 Received: from parrot.ussg.indiana.edu ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BRIjZ-0000k3-Ic for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 21 May 2004 22:43:21 +0000 Received: (qmail 11026 invoked by uid 89); 21 May 2004 22:43:21 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 4521 invoked from network); 21 May 2004 22:43:20 +0000 Message-ID: <33746.68.78.66.41.1085179389.squirrel@webmail.neoturbine.net> In-Reply-To: <1085178872.8755.163.camel@newkid.milsson.nu> References: <200405201846.37173.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> <200405220225.40562.jstubbs@gentoo.org> <1085176783.8755.127.camel@newkid.milsson.nu> <200405212306.51410.stuart@gentoo.org> <1085178872.8755.163.camel@newkid.milsson.nu> Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 17:43:09 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph Booker" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Stuff that makes people mad X-Archives-Salt: a428814d-1b99-42ab-b9cd-a33378ca020e X-Archives-Hash: 3c5015d8e9c059485c161d273ff3b26f John Nilsson said: > In the end I would like a system where I can install a tar.gz install i= t > and have it maintained/updated by portage without the need for an > ebuild. This would of course only work for packages that don't need > extra gentoo fitting. that seems like the way slackware works, except that tar.gz is installed using pkg-add or something like that............is that the kind of package managment you want? --=20 Joe Booker -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list