<p>Specific to OS X portability: there are no efforts to port RPM to OS X (or Mac OS) natively (i.e. using only utilities that come from the OS vendor) that I am aware of for ~15 years. All existing porting efforts involve Fink, MacPorts or Homebrew, and so "portability" includes duplicating existing system functionality:</p>
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<p>Use the PATH, Luke.</p>
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