On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 03:47:43PM +0300, joseph mpora wrote: > 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?
err, the reason lies in the way the different distros modify the locations of different libraries and also rpm contents and sometimes names. As such something that's source code will link etc against non existant or diff versions of libraries. Slackware on the other hand is the de facto for source programs...well most of them so that's why it compiles cleanly. As for other distros, gentoo and sourcemage (and most siblings of those) compile pretty flawlessly in my case. SuSE since 8.2 has began to behave rather predictably. (guess that's the good we got from united linux). just my 2 cents. > > 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 -- __ __ /\ \__ __ /\ \ _____ __ \ \ ,_\ _ __ /\_\ ___\ \ \/'\ /\ '__`\ /'__`\ \ \ \/ /\`'__\/\ \ /'___\ \ , < \ \ \L\ \/\ \L\.\_\ \ \_\ \ \/ \ \ \/\ \__/\ \ \\`\ \ \ ,__/\ \__/.\_\\ \__\\ \_\ \ \_\ \____\\ \_\ \_\ \ \ \/ \/__/\/_/ \/__/ \/_/ \/_/\/____/ \/_/\/_/ \ \_\ \/_/ --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
