Re: Installing, Managing, and Running Applications on Linux.

[Benjamin Scott]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
> With the exception of apps distributed in a binary-only fashion, what's so
> hard of just using a "smart" source rpm.

  Aside from the already noted problems with requiring compilers, development
packages, and the like:

  At that point, why not just use a tarball with the original source?

> This gives you the benefits of RPM and the benefits of compiling from
> source.

  The benefits of RPM are mainly with pre-compiled packages.  :-)

-- 
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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|  But I repeat myself."  -- Mark Twain                                   |


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