Quoting Andy Sy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I couldn't be happier with my Slackware setup the way it is > right now, everything is neatly in place and I can add and > remove packages easily and quickly with virtually complete > confidence that no junk is lying around.
Works well enough if the source packages reliably furnish functional "remove" targets (or equivalent) in their Makefile structure. Last time I tried the Slackware approach, that wasn't the case, but things may have changed. > So I just have to reiterate what I believe is something many > Linux users don't realize - namely that sometimes mastering > additional tools are unnecessary and only serve to divert > your efforts. If the software builds without too much hassle, true. (And later removes without too much hassle.) Try building new releases of XFree86 or glibc from source. ;-> -- Cheers, Errors have been made. Others will be blamed. Rick Moen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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
