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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Multiplatform Portage.
From:       maarten () belgonet ! be
Date:       2002-04-30 15:27:12
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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



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