Re: OT(?): "Portage Prefix" vs pkgsrc on Linux

["Morgan, Iain (ARC-TN)[InuTeq, LLC]" <iain.morgan%nasa.gov@localhost>]

On 6/30/23, 06:48, "pkgsrc-users-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost <mailto:pkgsrc-users-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost> on behalf of Ottavio Caruso" <pkgsrc-users-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost <mailto:pkgsrc-users-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost> on behalf of ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost <mailto:ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost>> wrote:

Not expecting replies, so I won't be disappointed. And sorry for the
possible OT.


Has anybody ever used Portage Prefix:
on any platforms? It looks a lot like pkgsrc unprivileged installation.

Well, I explored it a little back in 2014.  It felt somewhat kludgey at the time, and my examination was only superficial.  I don't recall actually trying to build anything with it.

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Iain
This script takes care of everything:
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/proj/prefix.git/plain/scripts/bootstrap-prefix.sh <https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/proj/prefix.git/plain/scripts/bootstrap-prefix.sh>


Otherwise there's a manual bootstrap:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Prefix/Manual_Bootstrap <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Prefix/Manual_Bootstrap>


Haven't tried it yet, but I wonder if anybody has any experience with that.


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Ottavio Caruso


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