On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 at 17:10, Ian C. Sison wrote: > > > > Agreed. But how do you define 'best practices'? I guess the term 'best > > practices' is not quite applicable to package management software but rather > > to security. IMHO, the best way (best practice) to install software is to get > > the source tarball, read README, INSTALL, etc., then compile/install. This > > way, you get utmost flexibility and configurability, and the latest release. > > This method is exactly the method that creates UNMAINTAINABLE SYSTEMS in > the first place. What if you need to upgrade the application you > installed with a 'make install' ? How would you know where in your file > system the files 'make install' put? What if you wanted to see which > files of a package has been modified since it was installed ? What if you > needed to install one program into 50 different servers?
i think what ian wanted to say is, that you *must* have a packaging system to be able to maintain your systems. whether it's rpm/apt/urpmi/pkgtool etc. > > You are partially correct what you said above in that you need to READ THE > friendly documentation, browse the support mailing lists, etc. but you > need to create A PACKAGE or adopt someone else's package if you want to > install it in a production server. 'make install' KILLS maintainability, > and gives hell to the next sysad in line (who will most likely reinstall > your server anyway). i think maintainability (as per your definition of it) only applies to enterprise servers or mission critical servers, where re-installing is a SCARY process ;) Slackware 9.0 Beta ------------------------------ pub 1024D/04BAE461 2002-10-22 -JhAzEr- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sub 1024g/63BA0ABD 2002-10-22 Mobile Phone: 0920-2625725 Window Manager ---> Ratpoison-1.1.1 Email Client ---> Pygmy-0.6.0 Web Browser ---> Phoenix-0.5 (Naples) [gcc-3.2] [gnupg-1.2.0] [gpgme-0.3.9] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
