Package Management (Was Re: [H-GEN] Samba on SuSE 8.1)

[Bradley Marshall]

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On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 08:54:11PM +1000, Greg Black wrote:
> Well, there *are* a number of situations where packages just
> don't cut it -- although I very much doubt that this is the case
> in this particular situation.
> 
> However, for completeness and the benefit of the lurkers, here
> are some reasons why you might need to go with the source:

[ snipped explanations ]

> I find myself not using certain packages because of all of these
> reasons, and I'm certainly not alone in that.

None of the reasons you mentioned are a reason for not building
your own packages, be it from scratch or using the existing
packages as a base.  You get the advantages of having stuff
packaged, as well as fixing all the problems you've mentioned
there.  I've built both RPMs and debs and its really not
that hard.  I'm sure other OS's package tools aren't that hard
to build for either.

Thanks,
Brad
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