< said:
> This is going in the right direction, but here is a question (and I don't
> have the answer). Is it so much more easier to create new compile time
> directive than to go the extra step and use packages where they are
> available ? For example "bind8" is available as a package. Why not h
Hi,
From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I was not talking about things that constitute the "real" core of the
> > distribution (kernel, basic libraries etc.). I was more thinking about
> > "userland" stuff that is included in the distribution but might not be
> > r
In message <011801bf159c$f80630e0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Patrick Bihan-
Faou" writes:
> Hi,
>
> From: Pierre Beyssac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > There are a _lot_ of pitfalls to this kind of approach, as I have
> > discovered using Linux Debian. This would probably open a can of
> > worms you have n