On Friday 21 December 2001 13:10, you wrote: > # This is Linux. "not" windows. it will "never" be windows and I > # seriously doubt it will ever do anything "like" windows. Some > > Right, but this OS should bring easy way. > > # any Linux system will Never do the .exe thingy and RPMS are forever. > > No problem if Linux still use RPMS, but should provide easy way to > install. Why put long version number and processor type in the file > name? > > I think better put it in the file itself. Example: when execute > \mnt\cdrom\kde\install.exe > the installation program will tell you what version and processor > supported.
So if 6 architectures are supported, you now have to download all six rpms and try them out one by one. rpm -Uvh setup1.exe "No, this is the PPC one" rpm -Uvh setup2.exe "No, this is for SunOS servers" rpm -Uvh setup3.exe "Uh-huh, no, this one is for Cray supercomputers" rpm -Uvh setup4.exe "Aaah, here is the x86 file! Now I can delete the other five I've downloaded." Smart. Real smart. But I guess we'll stick with putting the processor type in the filename. It's just one of those dumb backwards things we do in the Linux world, for no good reason at all. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn
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