actually most people would preffer to compile from source rather than use RPM's atleast i do , and i think not many distro's give you much hell when compiling as long as you know what you are doing, RPM's can give you hell that i know. But some packages you just dont want to compile from source because of an notorious errors that you might get e.g compiling perl from source tried it once when i was just beggining to understand linux so i was being an anti RPM chap but i must say it was a very very long day for me :)
ma 2 cents --- rgds David Ziggy Lubowa Customer Support Engineer Africa Online ( U ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "joseph mpora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 3:47 PM Subject: lug_: compling from source on redhat > There is something that has always puzzled me. Programs compiled from > source give me so much trouble while working under redhat. I have used > redhat (6.2,7.2 and now 9.0) for a long time but I have always have > trouble compiling 2 out of every 3 programs I compile from scratch. > > Funny enough the programs in question (eg bash 2.05b) compile > beautifully under slackware 9(the only other linux distro I have used > for a reasonable period) > > Is there anyone else using a linux distro for development? Which distros > have given you guys the least trouble compiling programs from source? > > To lug-admin: am still getting double posts! you ignored all my posts on > this matter so I will assume it CAN NOT be fixed? > > Joseph > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
