The only thing I use outside of Portage is Tomcat. Because I'm a webapp developer and the Portage package is a big, steaming PITA.
Sorry about the top-post. Gmail on Android. ... HE On Mar 22, 2012 7:29 PM, "Barry Schwartz" <chemoelect...@chemoelectric.org> wrote: > Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> skribis: > > I only install things outside of portage into my home directory > > (pretending like I don't have root access), or very rarely install a > > single binary into /usr/local/bin. For anything else I'll make my own > > ebuild (or try to, anyway) and put it in my local overlay. > > I use local overlays (the main one also available on GitHub) more than > going outside Portage. But it occurred to me that I also install > calibre outside of Portage, in /usr/local; it’s notorious for not > working when repackaged. And I do have parts of TeXLive installed by > Portage because they get pulled in, but if I actually want to use TeX > I have the real, complete TeXLive distribution installed in my home. > >
