On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> I want my packages to be inanimate objects. I want to be able to run the
> install operation with the confidence that is is going to be safe, secure, and
> nearly always successful. Configuration is a wholly separate process, and not
> one that belongs in the process of unpacking a package file.
>
> One of the things I love about Red Hat Linux over Microsoft Windows is how
> *easy* it is to install a new package. "rpm -i foo" and *I'M DONE*. No
> license agreement. No install wizard. No questions. No prompts to read the
> README file. No reboots. This quite simply blows Windows away.
On the other hand, this method isn't all that flexible. If you're
installing something to be shared, for example, you can't control WHERE it
gets installed. There are other drawbacks as well, but they've mostly
been covered, so I won't rehash.
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