RE: (clug-talk) RPM on Gentoo.

[Shawn Grover]

My understanding is that you can use RPM without issues (other than standard dependency concerns), but will likely need to update your world entries manually.  If anyone were to write an ebuild script for the package, it would depend on what you have in your world entries.  I'd probably try to resolve the dependencies using emerge, then do the RPM.  Then again, I haven't had to manually do an RPM yet, so I don't know all the details.    I'll probably be tackling this same issue in the not too distant future, as I'd like to run Samba 3.0.  Last time I looked, there were no ebuild scripts for Samba 3.0 (final release).  So, I'd be interested in hearing how this goes for you.   Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 4:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: (clug-talk) RPM on Gentoo. So has anyone tried the RPM installer on Gentoo?  How well does it work, and what disadvantages did you experience?  Does it totally screw up emerge if some RPMs are installed, and some apps are emerged?   I have 2 closed source applications (Samsung Contact in particular) that have RPM installs, and I'm wondering if they would install for me.  I'd appreciate any experience or advice people could offer.   Thanks Kev.