On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 12:11:27AM -0600, Daniel Woods wrote:
> > > I am very surprised that SSH is not standard in the
> > > distribution, or did I miss something ? I guess it does not
> > > really matter since I will install openSSH anyways.
> >
> > It can't be included in the pre-packaged Linux distros for legal
> > reasons.
>
> Ok, so at
> ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake-crypto/7.1/
> I see openssh-2.1.0p2-1mdk.i586.rpm and other files.
>
> The latest openssh is 2.1.1 at http://www.openssh.com
>
> Just for the sake of understanding, what does Mandrake do when they
> create a custom version for LM ? Is is mainly just the Pentium (i586)
> optimization, or is there more involved ?
>
> This question would apply to any rpm applications ...
> What difference would there be if someone used a regular rpm instead
> of the *mkd.i586.rpm versions ?
>
> I'm sure that not all applications need to be Pentium optimized, so
> how can we tell the difference ? .... just curious :)
There's a little more to it than just the pentium optimization. For
example, any GUI apps can include (should include) a menu entry as
well, for Mandrake's new menu system. Then of course you are
building against Mandrake libraries which may contain other
enhancements not found in, say, RedHat libraries. There are quite a
few things, actually. Although Mandrake boasts 99.5% compatability
with RedHat (and it is really close) there are some other
Mandrake-specific things that, although they would be ignored on any
other system (ie. the menu system stuff), really enhances the mdk
RPMs when installed on an mdk system.
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