[MacPorts] #38456: Port request: rpm_select (and other rpm port improvements)

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#38456: Port request: rpm_select (and other rpm port improvements)
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  Reporter:  egall@…                      |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  request                      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal                       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                        |    Version:  2.1.3
Resolution:                               |   Keywords:
      Port:  rpm rpm45 rpm52 rpm53 rpm54  |
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Comment (by egall@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 larryv@…]:
 > > Especially not when there is no interest in doing packaging for
 > > MacPorts, like with OpenDarwin?
 >
 > I’d say this is an accurate assessment. MacPorts does have a lot of
 “features” that are probably used by single-digit numbers of people.
 That's what makes it my favorite package manager on OS X though! I prefer
 having all the power available to me even if I'm not necessarily going to
 use it all the time.

 >
 > > I don't think anyone is actively using the "port rpm" command, all
 > > preferring the .tbz2 archives
 >
 > There’s a `port rpm` command?

 There's also a `port dpkg` command, as there's some interest in packaging
 for various Linux distros, such as Ubuntu: for example, see:

 - this thread on the mailing lists: https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail
 /macports-users/2013-February/031955.html
 - this ticket: #32530 and the page it links to:
 https://code.launchpad.net/~rudloff/+archive/macports

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