On 01/04/2013 02:35 PM, Hans van der Made wrote:
Many of us used to compile from source earlier in our careers, so don't
asume we don't know about anything but ready made packages ;-)
Many of us still do that today, but compile to build packages and not to
shuffle files around production root
Thanks Hans, great answer.
I'll definitely get into customized packaging, demystify their magics.
Regards,
Magic.
On Friday, January 4, 2013 3:35:20 PM UTC+2, Hans van der Made wrote:
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> On Friday, January 4, 2013 10:39:53 AM UTC+1, magi...@gmail.com wrote:
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>> I understand exactly what so
On Friday, January 4, 2013 10:39:53 AM UTC+1, magi...@gmail.com wrote:
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> I understand exactly what source packages do, if it makes it easier for
> you I'll call them tar.gz files.
> Also, I don't find your comparison valid, as the result of package
> installation be it yum or ./configure && m
- Original Message -
> From: "magic rh"
> To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 9:39:53 AM
> Subject: [Puppet Users] Re: Puppet and installing packages from source
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> I understand exactly what source packages do, if it makes i
I understand exactly what source packages do, if it makes it easier for you
I'll call them tar.gz files.
Also, I don't find your comparison valid, as the result of package
installation be it yum or ./configure && make && make install is the same:
software being installed.
My meaning is that com
- Original Message -
> From: "magic rh"
> To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2013 10:52:55 AM
> Subject: [Puppet Users] Re: Puppet and installing packages from source
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> I understand the points you mentioned, but as long
I understand the points you mentioned, but as long as software is still
being distributed as source packages I think it should be supported at some
level by Puppet.
That being said, I'm off to learn some packaging techniques.
Thanks for all the help.
Magic.
On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 7:30:01
On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 3:32:55 AM UTC-6, magi...@gmail.com wrote:
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> Hello Everyone,
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> I'm looking for a way to install packages from source via puppet, I was
> able to locate maybe 5 posts on this subject which is very strange, as I
> would expect people to still use ./configure with
