On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 13:45, Andrei Raevsky wrote: > Hi, > > On the website rpmfind.net there are RPMs which are *.noarc.mdk or *src.mdk. > How are these different from other mandrake RPMs? > > And also - can I install Red Hat RPMs (non mdk.rpms) safely or not? > > Thanks, > > Andrei
SRC RPM's are SOURCE - which allows you to compile programs specifically for your machine. Regular RPM's are precompiled binaries. RPM's that are specified as "noarch" means that they're for any architecture. I would not advise install RH RPM's on an MDK installation - or vice versa - unless you REALLY know where the bins are going and what directories are going to be affected. Within an RPM, you have the ability to run scripts and the likes - hence you can muck up your system horribly. -- Fri Dec 13 15:15:01 EST 2002 3:15pm up 2 days, 7:37, 5 users, load average: 0.18, 0.30, 0.13 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. -------------------------------- | __ __ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU -------------------------------- Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn Avoid reality at all costs.
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