From: Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Paranoia, "pristine sources", turnkeys, compiling, configuration
Date: 18 Dec 1997 17:19:58 -0500
> Ahh, but judging from recent posts to USENET, "ports" seems to be more
> of a system for "source packag
David Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You might have a look at how Free and Open BSD do things with their
> ports system. It doesnt seem that attractive as a package management
> system (try installing Xemacs over a 28.8 on a 486;-), but it is done
> quite well, and with standard unix tools.
You might have a look at how Free and Open BSD do things with their
ports system. It doesnt seem that attractive as a package management
system (try installing Xemacs over a 28.8 on a 486;-), but it is done
quite well, and with standard unix tools. It has provisions for
dependencies and the like
Hi,
Before Debian, I used to roll my own. I used to spend hours
and hours, chasing down sources, removing all incompatibilities I
could detect (and fix), compiling them, dealing with bad versions,
and, alas, very little of the software was truly well behaved.
I think precompil
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> No no, Linus agrees with our method.
Right, check out /usr/doc/libc6/FAQ.Debian.gz for the word from the
horse's mouth.
Also, people (rightfully) mentioned considering make-kpkg for building
your kernels. You can find it in the Debian kernel-package
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This suggests to me that at least part of what the Debian developers
> are doing is somehow redundant, when it comes to well written software
> that is set up to compile of a number of systems. I did not claim that
> there are not packages that I have
On Thu, Dec 18, 1997 at 07:28:08PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> feedback to help me understand, for example, the muddle in which I remain
> until this day about Debian's adamant adherence to some kind of non-standard
> policy of setting up headers (ie., not as established by Linus). I have ha
In advance I will wield my flame-resistant suit, and I feel certain that
flames will be flung, though my intentions are good. I have posted a few
other times, such unpopular ramblings. I apologize if anyone is caused pain
or distress by my innocent postings, or resents them. I am trying to get a
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