Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I wnt something newer than debian provides, I grab the source > for the existing package, get the latest upstream source, and > update the package and build it.
As do most people for RHEL from Koji (FedoraProject) and the like. > Really pretty darn simple in most cases. Simple for a few packages, yes. But distributed, no. > For cpan stuff, dh-make-perl is a much better solution. You get an > up to date cpan module, packaged to fit perfectly in the existing > packaging system. You don't want more than one packaging system on > one machine. But why not a ports-based system for managing source builds? That was my point, and why I like the Portage solution. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thebs413.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------------- Fission Power: An Inconvenient Solution _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
