Amen to that, in fact it's easy to find missing dependencies in Slackware and knowing where they are all placed becomes second nature. You will even discover how each dependencies are working that your sysad does not know. In Slackware pkgtool and dropline-installer are my friends.
> I'm more of a programmer than a sysadmin and I find Slackware the perfect > programmer's distro. Programmers *should* understand and preferably > directly deal with the dependencies of the projects they want to hack on. > In practice, the process of 'hunting down' dependencies is very educational > and is actually very little hassle. I've installed some packages with many > fairly deep dependencies - like SDL - in Slackware and I've /never/ found > myself wishing for any sort of automated dependency management. > > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
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