At Wed, 18 Aug 2004 18:13:01 +0900,
David Ross wrote:

> The system package manager and rpa base can live next
> to each other. Rpa-base won't install if the files are
> already there, but the system package manger might
> even  though the file exists. :) Ex. FreeBSD ports, it
> doesnt check wether files exist before installing, a
> package manager design flaw. :/ I live with it though
> :) System package managers handle thier own ports.
> Sometime in the future Rpa-base will be able to
> integrate with the system package manager. Hopefully
> the OS distributors like FreeBSD, Debian, and Gentoo
> will accept over 100 port entries to be added and get
> rid of the existing ruby ports since they usually are
> not updated.

I am rather reluctant about installing files that the native package
manager doesn't know about (unless they can be installed in a seperate
place). But it'd be nice if it can be integrated somehow with the
system package manager.

Ruben