Re: source-based package management

[Luis Araujo]

andrea abelli wrote:
> Hi there,
> I really can't see the point of an "install by source" since one thing
> I'm quite sure is that emerge doesn't give you any _real_ freedom more
> than any other wise-package-management-system (like apt), since you
> _can_ install only what emerge people want you to install (and it
> doesn't seem to be very flexible, even, in how you can do it).
>   
In what regard isn't it very flexible?

And i don't understand what you mean with that you can _only_ install
what emerge people want.