In the Gentoo world, it is most definetely possible to configure and make the software directly. However, in this case the database isn't updated to indicate that the package is installed. At that point you now have to take a bunch of extra steps to make sure you don't down-grade the package, or install over the new package when you update your system (via emerger -U world). Probably the same issues if you do an RPM. Waiting for an ebuild script (for portage), or writing your own if you can't wait, resolves these problems....
Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Jesse Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: (clug-talk) RPM on Gentoo. <snip> What's wrong with the good old ./configure;make;make install? Jesse
