Re: Debian (was Re: [Sheflug] Re: Problem )

[Matthew Palmer <nospam [at] ieee.uow.edu.au>]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, [iso-8859-1] José Luis Gómez Dans wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 11:37:58AM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> > Well, all the distro developers I know, without exception, roll
> > quickie .rpms or .debs for everything they install, in exactly that
> 
> 	So am I the only one putting my own stuff in /usr/local? I guess

I used to, but since I learnt how to make .debs (it's damned easy, actually)
I'm steering well-clear of that lark.  It's just too damned risky, because
(f' rinstance) I've got a damned old version of pine (can't get anything
else to compile, damn it) which needs ncurses3.4 (it was compiled in the
days of Slink).  Now, since it isn't a package, the system doesn't think it
needs ncurses 3.4 anymore, so it keeps wandering off on occasion - causing
pine to die.

Yes, Pine is bad, but that's a discussion for another day.


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