On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 13:54, Tru64 User wrote: > So, now I have to uninstall tcp_wrappers to install > libwrap > (If you are still reading, do you even remember the > original problem?????) > > Why are things this complicated???? > > _Thanks > > Richard >
You have to understand that everything in an Elf based system affects almost everything else. Look up a program called Rpmgraph on freshmeat.net or google and you will begin to understand what I mean. An rpm system takes into account that the entire distro is a system that is balanced on itself. Some items are more critical to that balance than others; glibc is a good example since nearly everything that's not statically compiled depends on glibc. A glibc foobar will hose the whole system. You can't really understand the importance of a dependency based distro until you either study the intricacies and implications of an rpmgraph in detail or else you run a non-dependency based distro for a few years and deal with the breakage there. I promise you that no matter how bad you think your troubles are now, they are as nothing compared to when a major break occurs in a non-dependency based distro. Like Slackware, for instance. Slackware, like any other elf type distro, is a system that's balanced on itself. That balance can easily be thrown out of whack with the installation of a tar.gz that unilaterally installs itself without regard to the consequences. The main difference between dependency and non-dependency is that the rpm's weigh the consequences of what they are about to do, and in so doing force you to do the same. What they cannot do is give you the experience of running a non-dependency distro. --LX -- ����������������������������������������������� Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk "Filter That, Beach!" --Lanman, MDK Newbie List ������������������������������������������������
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