On Monday 16 Mar 2015 01:48:31 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Emanuele Rusconi <ema...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I understand the convenience of having an ebuild to distribute commonly > > used software like flash, especially from a distribution POV, but the > > question still goes unanswered: why does HE want an ebuild to install a > > .deb package? > > Obviously I can't speak for him, but some obvious benefits include: > 1. Convenience - emerge foo and you're done. > 2. Package-managed files. So, you can uninstall it too. > 3. Automatic hash checking/etc - if the deb is tampered with then > portage will refuse to install it unless they also hack into the > Gentoo repo and change the hashes there as well. > 4. openrc init.d scripts and systemd units following Gentoo > conventions/etc. 5. Automated updates, possibly including a stable > branch. > 6. If in the main tree, then you benefit from Gentoo's security policies.
Rich covered it very well on my behalf (thank you Rich). I find it more convenient to use a repo's package manager to avoid proliferation of files that could cause clashes on my system. In this case, I would rather use portage. I've looked at zugaina too and didn't find anything, hence I asked here. I'll file a bug at some point, unless anyone beats me to it. -- Regards, Mick
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