I agree. I have even taken to saying to hell w/RPM's on my Linux 5.x
systems.
I MUCH prefer the FreeBSD ports mechanizm (which is, download the tar.gz
file from a known place then do a standard install -after applying any
system patches).
Its fairly trivial to do this. I dislike when a program doesn't let me
tell it (EASILY) how to relocated it.
> ----------
> From: Vince Vielhaber[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 4:05 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Red Hat Linux and Frivolous forking
>
[snip]
> No can do. You won't find RPM on any of my FreeBSD machines.
> Besides, I
> much prefer to build and install my own software. I'm not an advocate
> of
> the dumbing down of sysadmins, M$ is doing too much of that now. If
> you
> like using RPMs and think they're a good idea, that's your business.
>
I agree. I have even taken to saying to hell w/RPM's on my Linux 5.x
systems.
I MUCH prefer the FreeBSD ports mechanizm (which is, download the tar.gz
file from a known place then do a standard install -after applying any
system patches). I wish that I could just use THAT on my Linux boxes.
Its fairly trivial to install using ports. Even ports "dumb down"
system admin's, the only reason I tend to use it is on heavily patched
packages - it handles adding the patches. I dislike when a program
doesn't let me tell it (EASILY) how to relocated it. The only thing the
ports need is a mec
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