I used RPM in Gentoo once a long time ago with some of the DVD encryption
libraries and didn't have any problems.  The only concern I would have is
maintaining 2 software databases.

You could also look into converting those RPMs into tar.gz files and then
either install them like that or maybe create your own .ebuild for that
tar.gz file.  Just emerge app-arch/rpm2targz for the rpm2targz utility.

Cheers,

Trevor

Kevin Anderson said:
> 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.

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