Houghi, On Monday 17 October 2005 21:46, houghi wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 07:09:16PM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > Why? It's not wise to condition actions upon a "distribution" > > (whatever that is--it's a marketing term more than a technical > > one). > > Tell that to the people who make the RPM packages. They keep telling > that you should package for your distro. Now if there is a difference > there, there will be more things that might be different.
I don't get what you're trying to say. RPMs are a bundle of software with multiple dependencies on the environment in which it executes. The way they're conventionally constituted is by configuring them for a particular set of dependent packages. Each distribution contains a different set of package (and / or package versions) and demands that software built for it accommodate that complement of packages (versions). That's not the same as software that, when executed, looks at the "distribution" and tries to adapt itself to it. It's this kind of behavior that I advise against. Either you pre-configure for a particular set of dependent package (which is more or less determined by a distribution and hence can be used to effect that pre-configuration) or the software must adapt to its _specific_ dependencies. An example of this is the way Kat configures itself by looking for the dependent programs it requires and operates within the limits of what is available. Note that it does _not_ look at the distribution, it looks for specific software it needs. > houghi Randall Schulz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
