From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from excalibur.skynet.be (excalibur.skynet.be [195.238.3.135]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE172AC618 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:57:27 -0500 (CDT) Received: from murphy.belgonet.be (adsl-46618.turboline.skynet.be [217.136.54.26]) by excalibur.skynet.be (8.11.6/8.11.6/Skynet-OUT-2.19) with SMTP id g3UFvLQ16577 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:57:22 +0200 (MET DST) (envelope-from ) Received: by murphy.belgonet.be (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:27:12 +0200 Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:27:12 +0200 (CEST) From: maarten@belgonet.be X-X-Sender: maarten@murphy.localnet To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Multiplatform Portage. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: bf370f1d-5533-437a-be8e-fb5ebf8ef942 X-Archives-Hash: 33a803fd3ff7d69ae970b28ae4293006 Hi, > >> How hard would it be to extend the emerge/portage system for other OS's. > I'd love to be able to use Portage under Solaris and RedHat (stuck One of the major hurdles is that all prefixes are hardcoded to /usr, we should probably start using PREFIX and then define it to /usr in the profile. Seems more generic to me. It would allow my organization, for instance, to start using portage (we compile user packages for prefix /opt/local which is NFS mounted from the server, packages "local" to the machine have yet another prefix). Once that's OK and we have a working portage on Solaris I don't think there's much point in continuing the use of the Solaris pkgadd/pkgrm stuff. Portage is far more flexible. If these hurdles were fixed I could imagine portage becoming the new package mechanism of choice for several distros an OS's. It would also drive adoption of Gentoo even more. Consistent package management and compilation are some of _the_ major hassles in system administration. cheers, maarten