If you've merged with portage and then added RPM the RPM program will not know what's in portage so it will think you have nothing. RPM has it's own database which at this point is empty. The only way to fill it is to use RPM to install stuff. But why do you want RPM when you have portage?
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > Cheryl Homiak wrote: > >> However, last night I emerged rpm and tried to use it. I get weird stuff >> about things I know are on the system and in the path rpm SHOULD be able >> to see being needed--for instance: >> /bin/sh is needed ... > > Doesn't RPM use it's own package database, sort of like portage? If you > haven't installed everything with RPM, wouldn't the database be empty? > Perhaps find a way to build that database or else use --force. > > You might consider posting to a Red Hat/Fedora list. They typically know > the ins and outs of RPM. > > > -- [email protected] mailing list
