Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on other platforms

2011-12-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
 And by other, this time I mean Windows.

 Has anyone done something like Gentoo on mscc+Win32 or Gentoo on
 mingw+Win32? Portage would kick the pants off of Cygwin's package
 management.

http://gentoocygwin.sourceforge.net/



Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on other platforms

2011-12-19 Thread András Csányi
On 19 December 2011 21:04, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
 And by other, this time I mean Windows.

 Has anyone done something like Gentoo on mscc+Win32 or Gentoo on
 mingw+Win32? Portage would kick the pants off of Cygwin's package
 management.

May I ask what would be the benefit of it? COLinux is not enough for you?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on other platforms

2011-12-19 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Paul Hartman
paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
 And by other, this time I mean Windows.

 Has anyone done something like Gentoo on mscc+Win32 or Gentoo on
 mingw+Win32? Portage would kick the pants off of Cygwin's package
 management.

 http://gentoocygwin.sourceforge.net/

Ow. Last update in 2003?


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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on other platforms

2011-12-19 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 3:32 PM, András Csányi sayusi.a...@gmail.com wrote:
 On 19 December 2011 21:04, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
 And by other, this time I mean Windows.

 Has anyone done something like Gentoo on mscc+Win32 or Gentoo on
 mingw+Win32? Portage would kick the pants off of Cygwin's package
 management.

 May I ask what would be the benefit of it? COLinux is not enough for you?

Hm. Haven't thought about colinux in a couple years, but it looks like
my initial two issues remain:

1) Won't run on 64-bit Windows.
   http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q27._Does_coLinux_work_under_64-bit_Windows

2) Has problems with SMP systems.
   
http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q13._My_coLinux_installation_seems_to_randomly_and_irregularly_hang_my_PC._Sometimes_it_happens_when_the_init_scripts_are_running_during_bootup_or_shutdown.2C_sometimes_it_happens_while_a_program_is_executing_on_the_co_Linux_VM.2C_and_sometimes_coLinux_runs_just_fine._What.27s_going_on_and_how_do_I_fix_it.3F

(or, tinyURL'd, http://tinyurl.com/7taofns )

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on other platforms

2011-12-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Paul Hartman
 paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
 And by other, this time I mean Windows.

 Has anyone done something like Gentoo on mscc+Win32 or Gentoo on
 mingw+Win32? Portage would kick the pants off of Cygwin's package
 management.

 http://gentoocygwin.sourceforge.net/

 Ow. Last update in 2003?

There is (was?) an official Gentoo on Cygwin mailing list hosted by
gentoo.org but its last message was in 2008, entitled Unsubscribe
...



Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on other platforms

2011-12-19 Thread Alex Schuster
Michael Mol writes:

 And by other, this time I mean Windows.
 
 Has anyone done something like Gentoo on mscc+Win32 or Gentoo on 
 mingw+Win32? Portage would kick the pants off of Cygwin's package 
 management.

Have a look at this thread:
http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_0ce0c8a15000f7292a0bdda1755854ab.xml

And this link:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Prefix/Cygwin

Wonko



Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on other platforms

2011-12-19 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote:
 Michael Mol writes:

 And by other, this time I mean Windows.

 Has anyone done something like Gentoo on mscc+Win32 or Gentoo on
 mingw+Win32? Portage would kick the pants off of Cygwin's package
 management.

 Have a look at this thread:
 http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_0ce0c8a15000f7292a0bdda1755854ab.xml

 And this link:
 http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Prefix/Cygwin

I'll be reading up on those, thanks.

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