On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Benjamin A. Rosenberg wrote:
> I have a question about RPM's. Why are they so much better then source?
> I have used source for the last 5 years. When I try to use RPM's it's
> usually a sticky situation.
RPMS help you manage your distribution. Do an rpm -qa | more and look at
all the things you have installed. Could you imagine keeping track of all
that when building from source code? It could become quite tedious, I
think. It's easy to query and checkout your apps with RPMS on board. It's
a database. I find the RPM system extremely convenient. I only use source
for stuff that I'm testing -- and don't expect to have a long shelf-life
on my system-- like CVS E and GNOME ( which I am building and erasing at a
ridiculous rate ). If you find RPM hard to manage, you might want to check
out some of the literature on the topic like MAXIMUM RPM, man pages, docs
etc. as it is probably a problem stemming more from a lack of familiarity
with the RPM software and how it works than any defficiencies on your part
as a user or flaws in the RPM system.
I'm a fan of RPM. Just not the biggest fan. It could be better-- but even
so, it's pretty good.
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