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[mpb]

Hi,

> On 10/16/07, Marco Cagnoli <marco.cagnoli at oltrelinux.com> wrote:
> > after a while I would like to test newly gobo rootless. I'm now using a
> > CentOS as base operative system instead of ubuntu and I hope this will solve
> > some problems experimented in my previous experience (dash related
> > issues...).

I use Rootless extensively on Ubuntu.  I was always able to work
around the dash/bash problems by changing /bin/sh to point to
/bin/bash.  Additionally, the Gobo dev team considers these problems
with dash to be bugs in the Gobo tools, and has been fixing dash
related issues when they are reported.  It may be that all the dash
issues are now fixed.  I cannot say for sure as I have not tested
Rootless with dash in a while.

> > 1) can I compile recipes downloaded from the web site?
>
> Yes.

I'd say: Yes, mostly.  There are a few recipes that assume Compile
will be run as root.  One example (last I checked) was Postfix.  There
are probably a few others, too.  But most recipes work fine on
Rootless.  I have also come across several Recipes that use hardcoded
paths like /System instead of $goboPrefix/System.  But these are
pretty easy to fix when you find them.

> > 2) can I install packages downloaded from the web site?
>
> No, because they'll have references to /Programs, which you won't have.

I'd say: No, with a few exceptions, such as Compile, Scripts, Atool.
But I almost always Compile.

> > 3) if I make a new recipe in rootless, will it be usable from other users
> > (rootless and not)?
>
> Yes.

I'd say: Yes, mostly.  It's hard to figure out what all the (Gobo
specific) Dependencies should be.  But that can always be fixed later
on by someone who actually is running GoboLinux.

Gobo Rootless is a major time saver for compiling and installing
software from source code on your favorite Linux distribution.

-mpb