> Might also want to check out paludis, a spiritual successor > to portage, built from scratch (written in c++), designed with > the focused goal of fixing portage's shortcomings: > > http://paludis.pioto.org/overview/features.html > > Somewhat related: http://exherbo.org/docs/features.html
Thanks for the pointer. I am aware of paludis, but did not consider its use because lack of C++ support on Plan 9. It might be a better reference than portage though. > Sorry no direct experience with these yet - not promoting > them, just providing links to info. fair enough, and thanks. > (I've been using gentoo for a variety of purposes in a variety > of roles/capacities and environments for many years now, and > it's my linux of choice - the amount of fine-grained control and > convenience I've gained via portage has far exceeded the > occasional intermittent frustrations) my feelings exactly. EBo --
