* Re: [gentoo-dev] RPM installer for Gentoo
@ 2003-08-26 21:43 99% ` Andrew Gaffney
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From: Andrew Gaffney @ 2003-08-26 21:43 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Stuart Herbert; +Cc: Gentoo Dev
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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