Re: [aclug-L] Flame bait... (distribution question)

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Greg House" <ghouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> >The problem with Red Hat is that when you install using a tar file, your
> >system's RPM database is not updated, and RPM will blindly do things to
> >break you if you are not careful..
> 
> This is true for any system with a package manager.  If you go around it, it
> can bite you.  That's why I was concerned about installing XFree86 3.3.3.1
> from tarballs on a Debian system recently.

Right.  If you are careful, though (ie, make sure that everything
installs under /usr/local), the problems should be minimized.

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