Comments below on the examples used in package management and to further
my position foundation.
Edward L. Haletky wrote:
Hello,
<...snipped...>
SuSE uses YaST...
For clarification, SuSE is RPM based, YaST is a higher level package
management and system configuration utility.
Gentoo uses portage/emerge
./configure; make; make install is still used by everyone!
portage/emerge is base off of "make" package management.
And if we wanted to include Debian based "alien" which can convert
between dpkg, rpm, and tarballs (for "make")...wow, can I see the fun
non-Debian folks will have trying to encompass the various options
there. But then the Debian oriented community will have the same with
the "yum" or "YaST" or <insert your favorite RPM higher level package
management utility of choice here>.
Not to pick on a mentor and colleague of mine...Ross Brunson, but I
recall when he was teaching the basis of package management for the LPI
Boot Camp series way back when (this was around 2002 when LPI did not
have a dpkg and rpm split in the LPI-101; this first split came shortly
afterwards per memory), everyone in the room was exposed to all the
various means and ways of rpm, dpkg, and make. It was quite a bit of
information, and overwhelming for those not exposed to other methods for
the first time. Ross even had me explain the dpkg side of things in
more detail since I was doing Debian a bit back then (before my
migration to Gentoo), but in the end what helped the students was
knowing that this was one part of the exam, so perhaps 3-6 questions at
best on this topic section.
Again, some history and thoughts since as others will also state...this
is not the first time this has come up.
Sincerely,
Crawford Rainwater
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