Talk:HOWTO Use Portage alternative - Paludis
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[edit] Why not not fix the problems in portage?
Q: Why not not fix the problems in portage instead of creating another package management system?
A: The has been asked and answered manyy times. Basicaly portage is not well written by design,(I'm not saying portage is bad..) fixing and improving portage often means doing some dirty hacks :/ . thus, rewriting a package manager from scratch is just the way to go.
[edit] ZSH Completion
ZSH completion files can be download here. Download the following files: _paludis, _paludis_packages, _adjutrix. Then copy them to /usr/share/zsh/site-functions. In order to use it without logout/login type:
compdef -a _paludis paludis compdef -a _adjutrix adjutrix
To use it:
paludis -<TAB>
Note that it has been integrated to subversion.
[edit] Atricle not complete, or even useful.
This article is not true to it's title nor does it provide any of the detailed information expected of a proper HOWTO article. It perpetually redirects to outside sources instead of providing the appropriate HOWTO information. What little information is included in this article appears to be a simple cut-and-paste from the official Paludis website. For all intents and purposes, this article could just be a link to paludis.pioto.org and be done with it.
- Seems this article functions as a general wiki doc for users to be able to document their experiences in real time, versus waiting for a sole person to edit a main html page. This means, instead of waiting weeks for the author's web page to be updated with problem or work-around, it can be documented here in real time. Personally, I feel more comfortable reading this Gentoo Wiki versus possibly following out-dated documentation. Granted, users should still follow the author's documentation vs info found elsewhere. --Roger 03:30, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
