> Hmm. You serious? I wasn't aware or that. But then again, I never used
> suze. Besides, isn't mandrake a redhat-clone compiled for pentiums, with some
> extra paranoid security stuff trashed in?
>
> Anyway, If you insist, and it is really so, then I must admit I was wrong (never
> said I know everything; never even said I know much). But still I have my
> serious doubts. Isn't it more probable that redhat and suze just try to throw
> their binaries/libraries in different places, and that the other distro doesn't
> have these paths in their path/lib-path? Coz I know not every distro uses the
> same paths for their binaries/libs...
Yes that was it what i mean. Different distris use different paths for
installation. I thought it is possible that in Mandrake 7.0 some paths are
different to mdrk 6.1. The packet format itself is the same on all
distributions (like zip, tar,...). You can install every rpm from every distri
but when you do that you can get in some big trouble e.g you install a
suse rpm on a red hat system.
In the meantime I downloaded the new version from kdevelop and some
other tools from redhat and other sites (always redhat compatible rpms)
and now all works like it should.
Sorry for my stupid question.
>
> After all, RPM is RPM. AFAIK it just contains some files, along with the info on
> where exactly each file should go, and some post-install scripts.
Yes. and thats why I asked.
> Of course, throwing libs/bins in different directories than the sysetm expects
> is a form of incompatibility too.
Yes thats what i mean.
> Well, I'll look into it. Was about time I started to understand a bit more 'bout
> the internal workings of rpms myself. Thanx for the advice.
No you were right and I too, but I should next time better describe
what my problem is ;)
