On Friday 15 June 2007 18:40, MagerValp wrote: > >>>>> "UvB" == Ullrich von Bassewitz <uz@musoftware.de> writes: > > UvB> Instead of installing into /usr/local, my suggestion is therefore > UvB> to build and install packages. This is in fact what I do with > UvB> foreign software. I don't know about .deb files, but building > UvB> RPMs is rather easy, and it enables me to remove ALL files that > UvB> are part of an application suite, even after a year or so, when I > UvB> have forgotten about it. > > On some systems (mainly linux) making packages is quick and easy. On > other (Solaris, FreeBSD, MacOS X), it's more work that it's worth. On > Cygwin I'm not even sure if it's an option. RPM works on cygwin (doesnt the setup util use it itself?) -- http://www.hitmen-console.org http://www.gc-linux.org/docs/yagcd.html http://www.pokefinder.org http://ftp.pokefinder.org Perhaps there should be a new 'quantum' datatype; you would be able to take its address or value, but not both simultaneously. <Michael Shields> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.Received on Fri Jun 15 18:45:05 2007
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : 2007-06-15 18:45:07 CEST