On Tuesday 09 April 2002 19:16, you wrote: > On 9 Apr 2002, Damian wrote: > > I don't know this package...what does it do anyway?
It's a set of burner programmes . cdrecord,mkisofs,cdda2wav,cdread, and others designed to work as a well sorted suite. I am told (LM8.2)xcdroast requiries to work. John > > About the packages .src and tarball: > > I rather prefer to install from rpm but, if you find a tarball with the > file 'specs' inside, just get "alien" and it will transform the original > tarball into .rpm. > > But when it has to be compiled, for any reason, I really prefer the > tarball, because the first one will be a 'generic' install and the > compiled one would be the best fit for each and every machine. > > Ricardo Castanho > > >El mar, 09-04-2002 a las 06:23, John Richard Smith escribi�: > >> Thank you Damian, > >> That explains it. > >> I did not know about src at all. > >> Two further questions, > >> > >> If I choose to compile a tar ball, can I turn the compiled file into an > >> rpm file, and if so how, > >> > >> If I choose to compile the src rpm file, rather than compile a tar > >> ball, which is likely to be best. Is there a question of installabillity > >> , between one computer over another computer, assuming they both have > >> the same base OS. > >> > >> In otherwords are there pros and cons between either route. > >> > >> John > > > >yes, you can build RPM files, but i've never done it and i'm afraid > >i don't know anything about it :o( > > > >if you are planning to run cdrtools on two different machines, i'd > >suggest compiling the source separatedly for both of them. > >anyway, if the two computers are alike, ( processor, OS, devices ) > >it should be fine.... > > > >HTH > > > >Damian -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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