Re: [gentoo-user] Ubuntu with Gentoo somehow...

[R0b0t1 <r030t1@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 9:00 AM, R0b0t1 <r030t1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, March 25, 2018, <tuxic@posteo.de> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> is there a way to download the archive (or how is it called in the
>>> world of Ubuntu ?) of a program, from which I only know the
>>> apt-get and apt-install commands?
>>> And how can I do the same for a developer release of that program
>>> when I additionally know the ppa (whatever that is...?)
>>>
>>
>> I've never had this be easy enough I'd want to do it. Is it possible now?
>> I.e. grabbing all deps wouldn't be necessary if Gentoo's library versions
>> match the .deb's.
>>
>
> This could just be a language barrier issue, but it isn't entirely
> clear to me what the question is, and whether it has been answered.
>
> The original question doesn't seem to have anything to do with Gentoo,
> so I'm not sure why we're talking about "Gentoo's library versions."
>
> If the intent really was to ask how to fetch ubuntu packages for use
> with ubuntu then it would probably make more sense to ask about it on
> an Ubuntu list/forum/etc.
>
> If this is a Gentoo question and the submitter is just unfamiliar with
> Gentoo and is using Ubuntu terminology that is fine, but I think it
> would be helpful to have a bit more clarification, such as what the
> end goal is.  Are we asking for tarballs of sources (distfiles)?  Are
> we asking for binary packages?  Is this a question about generating
> ebuilds for versions not in the main repo?  Is this about how to get a
> .deb made for Ubuntu working on Gentoo?
>
> I think everybody is trying to be helpful, but is interpreting the
> question differently.  Perhaps the original submitter already got the
> answer they're looking for, which is fine.
>

Well, yes - I think the question as asked has been answered, but I'm
trying to figure out what he was doing. I did assume he was going to
be using the packages with Gentoo somehow, just based on the mailing
list he used.