For the Slackware aficionados out there, can you confirm if slackpkg is a dependency checking system or just a quick way to look for slackware packages online?
I had not noticed its inclusion into Slackware (could have been a long time ago), but if it works like what it seems to be (no dependency checking), it's certainly a great addition very much in keeping with the spirit of Slack. Getting packages from a mirror via wget is actually pretty easy, but slackpkg should streamline this process even more while keeping with the user-in-full-control idea. I have noticed that the more I use Slackware, the *less* need I have for any sort of automatic dependency checking and the more it is revealed for the artificial crutch and gunk-inducing mechanism that it is. The key to avoiding this, I believe is very smart factoring of packages which Slackware's founder seems to be very good at. ========================= http://www.neotitans.com SEO, Web and IT Consulting _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
