Re: [gentoo-dev] RPM installer for Gentoo

[Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@technaut.darktalker.net>]

Stuart Herbert wrote:
> 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.

Ah, I had forgotten about those pesky post-install scripts.

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Andrew Gaffney


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