--- Linux Frog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 May 2000, you wrote:
> > AppDrake or InstallDrake
> >
> > utility would take a .tar, .tar.gz, etc.
> uncompress it into a temp
> > directory, run through the ./configure, make and
> make install, or
> > alternatively running an install.sh or other
> script. even for those of us
> > who have no problem installing software, this
> would seem like a Good Thing.
> >
>
> I think it's a good idea. I believe what you're
> looking for is similar to a
> windows *.exe installation program of sorts. Maybe
> a shell program that you
> can run and import tarballs to install?
Well, I thin kit is a >>>Very Bad<<< idea to blindly
run the whole "./configure;make;make install" as
***root***! That is the whole point of having the RPM
system, so you can file/package/version control.
It would be ok to do the build part of it
("./configure;make"), but if you run the install, you
will most likely need root priviledges, and who knows
what RPM registered files the script overwrites, or
what other things it may do. This might be a good
portal for Linux viruses. Tarballs should only be used
in an RPM system when the software is not available in
RPM format, and only through manual install.
I don't see the point of such a tool. If it is to give
newbie users the power to install tarball, then it is
completely wrong, since newbies should only be
installing RPM packages compatible with their distro.
If they don't feel confortable manually unpacking and
installing a tarball, then why should they be given
the power to do it automatically as root!
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Eugenio Diaz, BSEE/BSCE
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