On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 05:44:51PM +0200, Petter Gustad wrote:
> From: Michal Jaegermann <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: CentOS5 RPM for sawfish?
> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 04:52:29 -0600
>
> > On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 08:01:41AM +0200, Petter Gustad wrote:
>
> What sawfish versions did you compile and install under CentOS 5.3?
As I said - a few different ones. Also as I said - right now I am
away from a machine where I am running this (as on a different
continent away). I'd rather not to try misremember details.
> > You do not have to be for that a "CentOS expert". Differences
> > between various Linux distros are really skin-deep.
>
> I know, but they tend to differ in the way they manage packages and
> the contents of the different packages as well as how to enable init
> scripts which start services like xfs etc.
I have to see yet any _real_ difference in the later. Switching
from sysv init to upstart across releases of the same distribution
is a bigger jump. Adapting to changing package names and split
variations is not something to write home about.
Michal
