On Friday 28 July 2006 20:51, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Robert Cernansky wrote: > > If I have some application that is not included in portage why > > I decide to make an ebuild? Because I hope that then it will be > > accepted and included to portage, so maintained by developers (big > > thanks for this). If I have to take care of package + ebuild + > > dependencies, I'll rather choose not to make an ebulid but compile > > package right from .tar.gz archive. > > Many people disagree with you here, that's why overlays exist. Somebody > wants to use Portage to manage ebuilds that aren't yet in the actual tree.
I'm one of those. Portage namely is also a package manager allowing what using the tarbal method does not: file tracking and deinstallation. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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