Re: debian
- From: ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Moe Trin)
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:27:41 -0500
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.linux, in article
<4ar1ktFub4ngU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, J.O. Aho wrote:
I don't understand why distros don't put this site as a dekstop link, so
people could easily find programs that aren't provided by the distro itself.
Extremely simple. Binary packages should be compiled for the specific
distribution/release that the user has. A package built for one distribution
often will not work in others. Given that distrowatch has hundreds of
different and not always compatible distributions, do you expect the author
of software on freshmeat.net to provide versions for all distributions? Or
only the most popular? A solution to that problem is to provide a source
package that the user can compile or build. This then runs into complications
when the user gets another package that does use the distribution's package
manager to install, but has a prerequisite or dependency of something in the
tarball that the user had installed manually. Most package managers do not
look for the file that is required, but consult a database of what packages
are installed. Then you have the users whining about "Package $FOO won't
install because it says it needs $BAR, but I installed it - see the file is
located right here in /usr/local/bin/ (or /opt/freeble/baz)".
Old guy
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