Forgot to add that if you just want to update a package it works well also, you just type "emerge update package" . It will see if it's up to date and if not will update whatever needs to be updated. Ernie Baca Phoenix, Arizona ebaca@linux-forensics.com www.linux-forensics.com >From: "Ernest Baca" >Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >Subject: RE: C Libraries >Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:22:31 -0700 > >By far it is superior. It is sort of like combination of ports and >apt-get. The one thing I personally like is the ability to search the >packages. With apt-get you have to have the name by looking it up on the >internet or just know it. With portage you just say emerge search kde and >it will gice you every match to kde including matches in the description >which makes it useful. The other difference is that with apt-get you >download the binaries I believe and with portage you download the source >and compile it optimized to your system. It can take some time, for >example KDE took me 13 hours to compile on a 2Ghz machine, but it is well >worth it when you get it up and running. The other great thing is that >with just one command "emerge update world" you can update everything. I >like apt-get also, since I use it when working with my CD, but Gentoo >portage is by far the best. Actually the developers admit that their >inspiration for portage came from BSD and Debian > > >Ernie Baca >Phoenix, Arizona >ebaca@linux-forensics.com >www.linux-forensics.com > > > > > >>From: "Mark Phillips" >>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To: >>Subject: RE: C Libraries >>Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:16:39 -0700 >> >>Out of curiosity, how does the gentoo's "emerge sync" compare with >>Debian's "apt-get" for upgrading and installing new software? >> >>Thanks! >> >>Mark Phillips >>Phillips Marketing, Inc. >>480 945-0798 office >>480 945-9197 fax >>mark@phillipsmarketing.biz >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Kevin >>Brown >>Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 9:55 AM >>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>Subject: Re: C Libraries >> >> > It is for this reason that I hate rpm-based distros. Not to start a >> > distro war or anything but I too ran Mandrake for awhile. I was >>running >> > 8.2 and waiting for 9.2 to come out before I upgraded. During the time >>I >> > was waiting for 9.2 (no longer waiting), I tried out Gentoo >> > (http://www.gentoo.org) on another box. Heaven! Everything is always >>up >> > to date and compiled with just what you specify. Yes, that can be a >> > downside for slow boxes, having to compile everything from source but >>on >> > the faster boxes (Duron 800 and up), it's bliss because you can >>specify >> > various compile flags to optimise for your very hardware. >> > Sorry for the ramble but, my point is: After trying Gentoo linux, my >> > patience for RPM (and Mandrake) went straight to zero and I upgraded >>all >> > my production servers to Gentoo as soon as I could (about a week of >> > downtime each) but well worth it to keep up with various security >> > exploits etc. >> >>Another nice thing about Gentoo, if all your machines are the same in >>regards to >>CPU and what compile flags you want to use, you can use one box to do >>all the >>builds on and then push the binary packages to the other machines rather >>than >>having every box suffer the load of compiling every app that they all >>need (e.g. >>glibc, kernel, etc...). >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail