On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:11:09 +0000 (UTC) James wrote: > Nick Rout <nick <at> rout.co.nz> writes: > > > > > Can I download any rpm, stick it in this directory > > > and it will install with emerge? > > > > No it just means that you are downloading it manually instead of emerge > > downloading it. This is because emerge fails at the download. > > OK > > > If emerge finds the file in /usr/portage/distfiles it doesn't try to > > download it again, and it doesn't care how it got there. > > How does a gentoo system know the difference between an rpm file > that it can install and a rpm file that it cannot or > should not install on a gentoo system?
portage gives the recipe for what files to install and how to install them. Installing from an rpm is not a lot different to installing from any other binary packaging method. An rpm is simply a conmpressed collection of files and some metadata (such as dependency information etc) and (optionally) some install and removal scripts. If you want to know how portage deals with an rpm i suggest that you READ the realplayer ebuild. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
