Re: Differences of Debian vs. the Other Guys

1998-06-07 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Manoj == Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Manoj iii) It forces you to use fakeroot or sudo or super or Manoj be root to Manoj create a kernel image .deb file (this is not as Manoj bad as it used to be before fakeroot) I question the wisdom of

Re: Differences of Debian vs. the Other Guys

1998-06-07 Thread James Troup
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: Manoj == Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Manoj iii) It forces you to use fakeroot or sudo or super or Manoj be root to Manoj create a kernel image .deb file (this is not as Manoj bad as it

Re: Differences of Debian vs. the Other Guys

1998-06-03 Thread peloy
Gosh!!! This really was good Manoj. I really enjoyed reading this technical dissertation on the magic of Debian. Can't this be placed somewhere in www.debian.org? E.- Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Well, there are a number of things, but the following are important

Re: Differences of Debian vs. the Other Guys

1998-06-03 Thread Gregory S. Stark
Manoj hit all the major points, and about every other point under the sun :) But I would like to expand on what I think are the key differences. 1) It's a distributed volunteer based system with lots of contributors. This sometimes leads to long arguments, but it means that policies must be

Re: Differences of Debian vs. the Other Guys

1998-06-03 Thread Tyson Dowd
On 02-Jun-1998, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm currently writting an article for Linux Actual (an spanish magazine on Linux) about the Debian Packaging System (more on the .deb format than other policies) and I would like to make the BIG question,

Re: Differences of Debian vs. the Other Guys

1998-06-03 Thread Joel Klecker
At 23:38 -0700 1998-06-02, Tyson Dowd wrote: Manoj addressed most of the big differences in his mail. One that he missed (or glossed over) is the difference in generation of packages. Another one is that he didn't explain what dpkg-shlibdeps does. dpkg encourages (practically enforces) building

Re: Differences of Debian vs. the Other Guys

1998-06-03 Thread Tyson Dowd
On 03-Jun-1998, Joel Klecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 23:38 -0700 1998-06-02, Tyson Dowd wrote: Manoj addressed most of the big differences in his mail. One that he missed (or glossed over) is the difference in generation of packages. Another one is that he didn't explain what

Re: Differences of Debian vs. the Other Guys

1998-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Well, there are a number of things, but the following are important (in no particular order) 1) strong dependency tracking. Espescially with APT, the next generation replacement for dselect, packages are unpacked in an order that minimizes the time for which a package is

Re: Differences of Debian vs. the Other Guys

1998-06-02 Thread G John Lapeyre
On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a wrote: What are the main differences/advantages/disadvantages of Debian's Packaging System vs The Other Guys (tm) ? I would appreciate any help in sorting these out (I already have So would we ! John Lapeyre [EMAIL