Re: The disappointment with Linux and GNU based OSs packaging systems

From: Sybren Stuvel (sybrenUSE_at_YOURthirdtower.imagination.com)
Date: 04/12/04 

Date: 12 Apr 2004 15:21:39 GMT

Victor Nazarov enlightened us with:
> 1) Debian and Red Hat packages seems to provide some other virtual
> packages and this packages are stored in some binary database. When I
> build/install something from sources, I install some valuable files,
> but newly installed binary packages are usually not satisfied with
> this and wants me to install binary package providing the same files.

Then use 'checkinstall', which can create RPM and DEB packages from the
stuff you just compiled. It replaces the "make install" command.

> 2) GNU C Library locales seems to be useless to provide multi language
> environment. The reason for this statement is, as I can see, that only
> one code page could be used on one system/network.

If you need more characters than fit in a single codepage, use Unicode.
That's what it's for. I'm using Unicode on all my computers, websites,
emails, etc. and it works like a charm.

> So the great problem is that utf8 support with software is very poor,
> and system seems to be bounded by only two languages English and some
> other sharing one code page.

I don't know about the UTF8 support of RedHat and Debian. I'm using
Gentoo, and I can tell you the UTF8 support is quite good.

> The problem appears much more interesting considering the fact that I
> can compile/install the same program (the same version of program)
> from sources and It would be satisfied with my libraries.

Which is another reason I'm so happy about Gentoo. Looks like it's a
distribution for you too ;-)

Sybren 

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