begin quote On 13 Jun 2003 14:19:05 -0700 Chris Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't suppose there is a way to retrofit, say, a RH linux box with > portage? > > Is this because of the system structure or ??? > > curious, > -chris About a year or so ago somone did this for their production environment RH 7 machines, They installed portage, setup a compilation and system install, then used the rpm purge commands to remove all stale files from the redhat system until they had a clean system in gentoo, together with some scripts to whack off the remaining unclaimed files,, its a bit of a drag to do it this way, and not something I'd ever recommend, especially not if you dont know your systems complete innards and very well know how to make things work if you manage to break it. But it can be done. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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