On Sun, 09 Mar 2003 07:29:39 -0800 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > > > > > The problem is that RPM limits itself to the package in question. > > emerge takes the next step and defines the relationship between > > packages. And, instead of just stopping and saying "something is > > missing so bugger off and sort that out and don't return until you > > do", as rpm will do, emerge takes action and gets the missing things. > > It is the admittance that no package is an island that makes emerge > > work. > > > > There are other problems solved by this approach as well. > > > > > > This sounds like debian apt-get and it's various carnations. The system (Portage) is described by Gentoo as being like the BSD ports system, but with many improvements. I have not used BSD's ports to tell. -- +····························+·······························+ · Roger Oberholtzer · E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] · · OPQ Systems AB · WWW: http://www.opq.se/ · · Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 · Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 · · 115 34 Stockholm · Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 · · Sweden · Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 · +····························+·······························+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
