On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:46:24 +1300, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A couple of years ago there was a howto floating about for using portage > on other distros. It was possible at that stage, maybe it still is. > > the instructions at the time were basically: > > untar the portage emergency snapshot into your distro (thats the portage > programs tarred up for those unfortunate occasions when you have > accidentally erased it) > > use it! > That was mostly it.
> However i cannot find the howto now on a quick google. > It was the documentation section of the forum : "Installing portage on other distros, easier than ever" http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=125553&highlight=portage+distro > There is also something called emerde floating about that might help. > I think it was mostly for slackware or it had the ability to use the slack db. Regards, Jean-Francois -- [email protected] mailing list
