From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DMARC_NONE, FREEMAIL_FROM,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from f40.law12.hotmail.com ([64.4.19.40] helo=hotmail.com) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14RJof-0003r9-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:06:50 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:06:45 -0800 Received: from 207.102.78.161 by lw12fd.law12.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:06:45 GMT X-Originating-IP: [207.102.78.161] From: "Sean Cull" To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] multiple dependencies with installing packages from the CD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Feb 2001 20:06:45.0437 (UTC) FILETIME=[D3BAE6D0:01C092D3] Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Feb 9 13:07:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:06:45 -0000 X-Archives-Salt: 393b4f37-3fc9-4c4b-9f34-b27c417544fe X-Archives-Hash: 5e5b0bfa97cfa25b705e2f0bad89a3d0 Hi Daniel, Wow, a programmer that actually replies to his email? That's cool. I wish our developers at work dd that =) Now, you make reference to 1.0_rc4_pre3 , but the website says the next release is 1.0_rc4. Did I miss a release? But, anyway, that's good that it's being worked on. Other than that, I really like the distribution. Especially ReiserFS. It seems much faster than ext2. Regarding the recursive package merge, couldn't one just modify the ebuild script mentioned in your bash tutorial on IBM Developerworks and add some lines in to check the dependencies, then if it needs, say, Gnomelibs-1.0.4 (or whatever the current version is), it searches the "All" directory for the appropriate package and installs it before returning to the original package you wanted to install. I guess this is how the FreeBSD ports system works. Or would something like that need to be written in something other than a scripting language? If I'm totally wrong on this, sorry... I'm still learning =) Cheers, Sean >From: >Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org >To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] multiple dependencies with installing packages >from the CD >Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:27:59 -0700 > >On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 06:17:36PM -0000, Sean Cull wrote: > > Is there a program/utility to install packages from the CD that require > > multiple dependencies? Like installing Xchat requires GTK, requires > > Gnome-libs, etc... At times, it makes installing packages rather >difficult. > > Hopefully I'm not the only one that has come across this. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! =) > >Recursive pkgmerge will work in 1.0_rc4_pre3. We have a mostly-working >recursive pkgmerge on the latest CVS version of Portage, but it requires >packages to be organized in category sub-directories (right now, they're in >a >single "all" directory). We will also very likely have a slight >backwards-compatible change to the package format in 1.0_rc4_pre3 to make >recursive pkgmerge workable. > >So, we're working on it; please stay tuned :) > >Best Regards, > >-- >Daniel Robbins >President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org >Gentoo Technologies, Inc. > >_______________________________________________ >gentoo-dev mailing list >gentoo-dev@gentoo.org >http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.