quoth the b.n.: > darren kirby ha scritto: > > Well, you can install RPM... > > > > # emerge -p rpm > > > > You could then, presumably, install the RPM, though I have not ever tried > > this: > > # rpm -i foopackage.i386.rpm > > I fear this way Portage would not be aware of the package being > installed. Am I wrong? > > m.
I've no idea, but likely not. To tell the truth I was hoping the OP would be brave and find out ;) I was thinking he just had a one-off app he needed installed, and combined with some 'package.provided' alchemy he may be able to get the result he needed, however, in his response it seems this is not the case so... -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list