> > http://zorked.net/smart/doc/README.html > > wow. this one looks almost exactly like the system I had envisioned. > That's for sure worth looking at. Couple it with a mighty build > system/binary packaging system (portage/dpkg marriage style) and it's > about perfect. >
Portage indeed is a mighty build system. Eventhough there's work on portage+*bsd <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/bsd/index.xml> making it behave like a generic/secondary package manager ala pkgsrc is not an easy affair. Although they have this in their long term goals <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/index.xml> """ Make Portage usable as a secondary package manager, this includes package installation in different locations and non-root installations. This was formerly known as Pathspec. """ --ed
