[gentoo-user] ebuilds to rpms

2003-12-04 Thread Ron Wills
noticed an RPMDIR option for portage but zero explanation about it and the forums seem to only to discuss the installation of third-party rpms. If portage can turn an ebuild into an rpm would have me dancing in the streets ;). Thanks in advance for any help. -- Ron Wills [EMAIL PROTECTED] RW Software

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds to rpms

2003-12-04 Thread Ron Wills
On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 18:19, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: Check out man ebuild for a start. PERFECT Thank you!!! # ebuild pkg rpm On Thursday 04 December 2003 17:51, you wrote: Hi all I'm new to Gentoo (but not Linux) and must say this is a fantastic system. Now I don't have to

Re: [gentoo-user] Way OT: Doesn't IP need TCP or UDP for transport?

2003-12-04 Thread Ron Wills
I not sure how it all goes together, but I do know there are more IP protocols than I first realized. TCP and UDP are two transport protocols over IP and ICMP is a seperate one. There is also AH/IP and ESP/IP used for VPNs (protocol ids of 51 and 50). As I understand it IP is just the addressing