rpm & glibc catch22

[M.W. Chang]

The problem is not about variety, but my lack of brain cells to memorize
new commands. :) That's why checkinstall+rpm is my preferred method of
building new packages. Of course, if the distirbution can provide
download of most versions of any package, that would be fine.

can you specify the exact version of package to download with emerge?
how about apt-get? Will they always give you the most recent or stable
version only?

> What you see is what you get.  A good memory is what you need, if you choose to
> mix the package manager methods.
> A better choice on gentoo for the rare package that only exists as an RPM is to
> learn how to create an ebuild, extract the appropriate data from the RPM, and
> install it in the standard fashion (i.e., for a binary package, install it in
> /opt).

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