[SWLUG] Re: Starting with Linux

[Gerald Davies]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:17:24 +0000, Foeh Mannay
<foeh.mannay at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> and try to install them. Then I'd have even more failed dependancies. I
> think I could count the number of apps I upgraded via RPM on one hand!
> Tarballs proved to be far more reliable, and ironically, much easier!
> YaST was just worthless.
> 


you sure they prove more reliable?  i understand what you're saying
about RPM and what not, but tarballs are no more reliable.  you can
still get in a mess when upgraded things from source. and when
uninstalling things if  you're not careful.

i've not got a problem with ports/apt/rpm/tars/etc.  the one thing i
would say is that MDK used to do some odd things with headers and
stuff, but on the whole they're much of a muchness.