is this something interesting for us? -- ----------------------------------------------------- Dr. Denis Havlik http://MandrakeForum.com Mandrakesoft ||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community (@ @) (private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ------------------oOO--(_)--OOo--------------------- The mailserver is on strike. It wants better working conditions, paid days off and a female connector. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 11 May 2001 06:08:21 -0000 From: Mandrake Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mandrake Forum 820] Re: Up-to-par with apt-get? No. http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=820&lang=en New comment for Make more noise about urpmi / rpmdrake! story Re: Up-to-par with apt-get? No. ,by Dennis Powell over at Linux Planet made a similar gripe in his column http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/opinions/3256/1/<br> and he was pointed to a utility called CheckInstall at http://mayams.net/~izto/checkinstall-en.html .<br> <br> To selectively quote the web-site:<br> <br> "After you ./configure; make your program, CheckInstall will run make install and keep track of every file modified by this installation. When make install is done, CheckInstall will create a Slackware or RPM compatible package and install it with Slackware''s installpkg or "rpm -i" as appropiate, so you can view it''s contents with pkgtool ("rpm -ql" for RPM users) or remove it with removepkg ("rpm -e"). Aditionally, this script will leave a copy of the installed package in the source directory so you can install it wherever you want. CheckInstall 1.4.0 series add support for backing up any modified files before they are modified (done at the system call level). This allows you to do truly "clean" uninstalls, and protects you from mistakes when you inadvertedly overwrite configuration files and such."<br> <br> Could this be the solution to your problems?<br> <br> John
