On Sunday 11 July 2010 08:41:46 James Rhodes wrote: > n any case, it's a simple system which will probably suit your needs for > installing applications when you install the distribution (other than just > a basic tarball since it's capable of resolving dependencies and > organising applications). >
Seems like a solution looking for a problem. I cant myself see how 'package management' fits with compile from sources philosophy. Automated build procedures yes, but package-management meaning pre-compiled libraries, and executables in specified locations? There are loads of other distributions that have a head start for this. Why re- invent the wheel? I have also seen build schemes for 'embedded-linux' efforts clustering around boards such as beagleBoard and blackfin based boards that often go out of their way to obfuscate. There scripts requiring online source- fetches and compile/install with passage of root passwords (whilst on the www) is the norm!! This should have no place in the philosophy of learning to build from sources, building securely and tailoring to your needs. And one wonders what a basic tarball is? I have been dabbling with lfs/clfs/blfs/cblfs for ~ 6 years now and Linux for just 11 years. I find that the numerous programs that go to make up a distribution have their own peculiarities -especially the more useful ones. For example I have compiled kde4 from version 4.1.0 to 4.4.5 and I still find it difficult. -my 0.99penny coin's worth luxInteg -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
