On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 12:12 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: > On 5/23/05, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > > Why? gentoo is not distributing sun-jdk. a binary rpm would be. > > read the ebuild. read the license. > > pardon, where's the ebuild? I can't find it. I can only infer that > an rpm cannot be created from a .bin file while an ebuild can.
My understanding is that Sun do not allow their binaries to be distributed in any other packages than the ones they distribute. Therefore you are not allowed to make rpm's with the files arranged differently. Clear now? > > > > > The ebuild will also tell you where gentoo installs the > > > > package, > > > > looks to be in the /opt directory, so I guess the ebuild is not > > > > following the LFS either. > > > ... > > > > > > heh, that's ironic. > > Why? > > Sun doesn't follow the LFS, which create a problem for RPM's, which > irritates me, sparking my interest in gentoo. then, it turns out that > gentoo, in turn, violates the LFS. this is poignantly contrary to > what was expected, hence, ironic. bit lengthy, I suppose, but there > it is. Who cares? > > -Thufir > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
