Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 2/2/07, TheOldFellow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I know this is none of my business, but to my mind there is a great deal >> of difference between a build-time dependency and a run-time one. <snip> > > A lot of good points there. Unfortunately, I think you really need to > have a dedicated package manager to have such a flexible setup. I > think it would turn into a huge maintenance and readability nightmare > if we tried to put the same kind of info into the book. I'd be > interested to hear how you handle it, though.
Well, the simple answer is that I don't - I trusted you guys mostly, although I try to read all the package docs too. It wasn't meant as a criticism, more an encouragement. I think BLFS gets it as right as is feasible with the effort. Having become the local computing and Linux guru (by default, not wisdom!) I have to run Ubuntu now, 'cos I've 'sold' it to so many... R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
