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You want the flexibility that RPM doesn't allow?
2 words: Rock Linux
On Thursday 19 July 2001 19:14, Brandon Caudle wrote:
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> From: "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 3:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [expert] Who's Building Samba 2.2.1a for Mandrake?
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> On Wednesday 18 July 2001 23:43, Expert wrote:
> > One must remember, age is irrelevant, one's own skill level and
> > handicap (if applicable) is what is to be considered.
> >
> >Besides, why use a tarball, if you can get an RPM? If you
> >don't want to use the package manager *when possible*, use
> >Rock Linux. It *only* uses tarballs.
>
> Well you would use a tarball because when you compile the source you
> can compile it the way you want it to be not the way some other
> person wants it to be like ./configure --with-pam-smbpasswd or
> ./configure --with-msdfs stuff that doesn't come compiled with an rpm
>
> ~Brandon Caudle
>
> > On Wednesday 18 July 2001 11:11 pm, so spoke Brandon Caudle:
> > > Come on, I'm a 15 year old kid here who just installed 2.2.1 from
> > > the gz file, your on the expert list why need rpm? you can
> > > customize the package.
> > >
> > > ~Brandon
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "David Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 10:57 PM
> > > Subject: [expert] Who's Building Samba 2.2.1a for Mandrake?
> > >
> > > > Who's Building the Samba 2.2.1a RPM for Mandrake? Samba.org and
> > > > rpmfind.net still have 2.2.0. And depressingly enough, the
> > > > 2.2.0 rpm is built for i686. I'm not adverse to building my own
> > > > from the SRPM, but if someone is going to the trouble to build
> > > > the rpm, please do so with for both i586 and i686 so we don't
> > > > have to go through the discussion regarding alienating all the
> > > > AMD K6-2 users all over the world -- again.
> > > >
> > > > I always prefer a Mandrake rpm over a Redhat rpm any day. Takes
> > > > some of the guess work out of where the pieces will end up
> > > > after install.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
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