In a flurry of recycled electrons, Jon Forrest wrote: > Maybe I'm old fashioned, but building from source can sometimes > be a good way to go here. It's not very hard, and you learn more > about the package you're building. This can help a lot of something > goes wrong because then you don't see the program as a closed box.
I suppose that I'm also rather 'old-fashioned" in that my preferred installation is from source, followed by using bsd ports. I've always found that using RPMs annoyed me. Either I have to go back and add missing dependancies, I don't know where things are installed, or the build options are wrong. (Even on linux, I try to use original sources, not SRPMs.) And as Jon said, you can learn quite a bit about what you're installing just by installing it. I mean, how many people that install from RPMs even know that there might be a README file to read, let along to and find it? You could try installing freebsd instead of linux. Once the base OS is installed, doing postfix (or exim) and mailman is quite easy. z! ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
