From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28405 invoked by uid 1002); 16 Dec 2003 21:29:52 -0600 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-portage-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 11469 invoked from network); 16 Dec 2003 21:29:52 -0600 Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:29:50 +0000 From: pvdabeel To: gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20031217032950.GA26868@emu.gentoo.org> References: <1071171111.2280.16.camel@ron.gw.rwsoft.ca> <1071628147.26475.28.camel@ron.gw.rwsoft.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1071628147.26475.28.camel@ron.gw.rwsoft.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: pvdabeel Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] RPM Support X-Archives-Salt: f910789a-bf44-4a16-b1f9-6e6a38ad3f0f X-Archives-Hash: f670544596ee68c1bb50b5d44fb03467 On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 07:29:07PM -0700, Ron Wills wrote: > Hi once again > > From all the responses ;) just wondering if this feature is being > developed and/or supported. Should I put time into extending the portage > code on this or is it being dropped? I do have a need for this feature > and need to make a decision as to where to spend my time and efforts > (maybe rpm building in a separate project?). > I would like know if the portage maintainers would be interested in > patches. please contribute your patches through bugs.gentoo.org. I'm sure one of the current portage developers will find some time to look at them. Pieter > PS. > I do apologize if this sounds pushy or rude, it's not intended to be ;) > > On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 12:31, Ron Wills wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I've noticed the rpm packaging support is a little broken in the > > current version of portage. Currently it tries to build packages with > > rpm -bb and with the newer versions of rpm it should be rpmbuild -bb. I > > have a patch to fixes this (first searches for rpmbuild and then uses > > rpm if it can't find it). > > Also looking into it, I've cleaned up the dynamic spec a bit and added > > several features (ei. provides tag, post env-update || ldconfig, and so > > on). I thought before I sent any patches, I just thought I'd inquire > > about the status of this feature. I've noticed there seems to be two > > streams for this project at the moment (the current portage and > > portage-ng). > > I have great use for this feature and willing to implement it as fully > > as I can (time permitting :P), if your interested. I just need to know > > where to send the patches, for your review ;) > > -- > Ron Wills > RW Software -- gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org mailing list