On Saturday 25 Feb 2017 08:25:43 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 07:35:43 +0000, Mick wrote: > > Back on topic, I always held the view that one should not mix and match > > package managers on the same system, as they may end up stepping on > > each other's toes. So, I thought emerge and rpm don't go together. Is > > this not the case? > > Using another package manager is no worse than installing from source, > either way you are installing software without the knowledge of portage. > A better solution is to look for an ebuild on Bugzilla, which probably > ends up installing the same files but now portage knows about that. > > There's even an rpm eclass for such ebuilds to call on when software is > only available as an RPM package.
Yes, this is my understanding too. Thanks for confirming. -- Regards, Mick
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