On Sunday 26 June 2005 13:17, Matthias Andree wrote: > An RPM for an older distribution should generally work on a newer > version of the same distro, so your boss's expectation was right - at > least it usually works on FreeBSD and Solaris, if it doesn't work on > Linux, Linux must improve in this compatibility regard.
It doesn't, and Linux must improve in this regard. That's why an RPM for an older distribution can't be expected to work on a newer version. > If I need an RPM for several versions of the same distribution, I > usually compile on the oldest available and it usually works. It *usually* works, but you can't expect it to. At least, not when your product costs upwards of 10k and is expected to be rock-stable. You just can't take that risk, it would be stupid. Not taking the risk costs virtually nothing. -- Simon Perreault <nomi...@nomis80.org> -- http://nomis80.org
