On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:21:54 +0000 John Richard Smith disseminated the following:
> >You gotta be kiddin' me...why put yourself through such torture when > >urpmi will take care of everything for you? No need for Google, > >searching through FTP sites, one command and yer on yer way... > > > > > > > But then you don't mention the Disadvantages, > > Never get to hold code. If you mean building from source, ya, that can have it's advantages, esp building binaries to suit your needs, etc. > It's a frequent, long, and time consuming update of headers. > Unreliable downloads that get broken and cannot be resumed. > The updates disappear from view to update from after a period, > which means lost, this that and the other, vital bits and pieces. That part I don't run into a whole lot. What mirrors are you using, the ones in Nunavut? ;-) -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 19:06:06 up 19 days, 6:51, 5 users, load average: 1.15, 1.14, 1.10 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Last time I heard, the United States was a liberal democracy too," -- Wesley Wark, security and intelligence expert, on the U.S. government report that alleges Canada is a favoured destination for terrorists, casting doubt on Canada's ability to toughen anti-terrorism and immigration laws, saying Canada's "liberal-democratic identity" may limit adoption of sterner measures.
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