On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Matthew Kenworthy <[email protected]> wrote: > Whoa. I've *never* read any source install where the first step is > 'install gcc'! > > Assuming gcc and make are available is considered pretty safe with linux.
You are missing the point. Available != pre-installed. PDL is available too for that matter. You have to install them using the package manager. It makes to sense to say that using the package manager to install PDL is less good than a source install because you have to write platform-specific instructions, while at the same time ignoring the platform-specific instructions you need to setup the build environment needed to do a source install. Compare for example, with Mandriva: Option 1: urpmi perl-PDL Option 2: urpmi gcc make glibc-devel perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan> install PDL Yes, in option 2 the last two lines are the sae for all platforms. But the first line is just as platform specific as the single line in option 1 that you are trying to replace. I think there is a huge inconsistency in saying that it's no issue to get people to install gcc, make and glibc-devel but it is an issue to install the PDL package. IMO, that makes no sense. If you think that installing gcc, make and glibc-devel is easy, then installing the pre-built PDL binary is easier. In turn, if you think that installing the PDL binary is less than ideal, then installing gcc, make and glibc-devel is even less ideal. Daniel. -- Intolerant people should be shot. _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
