Robert G. Brown wrote: > Now, let's see -- RPM-based linux, supported by e.g. yum, does this very > nicely. APT-RPM works good too.
> ALL software is dependency aware and is typically built per > distro per major revision thereof. People who refuse to use rpm --force > ever, and who only use rpm-based software, and who never install their > own "private" copy of a shared library but instead only use the one that > comes "with" the distro and built to the same standards and dependency > rules find that installing package X almost never breaks package Y. > > Debian also plays nicely here -- dependency awareness, build > consistency, strong resistance to multiple libraries satisfying any > given shared dependency and dependency loops and so on. > > WinDoze? Don't make me laugh. Anybody in the room who hasn't broken at > least one WinXX app by installing another (without the slightest warning > or complaint from the OS or install process) please raise their hand. > Hmmm, not a lot of hands out there....;-) Windows is like Slackware ca 1996 for dependency management. > So FUNCTIONALLY sure, DLLs and SO are the same thing. Practically > speaking, Wine and/or Cedega typically install applications (and all > their application-specific DLLs) in their own independent fake trees > just to avoid this very problem, because it is difficult enough to debug > a WinXX emulator as it is without having to also debug dueling DLLs. > > rgb Repeat after me: Wine Is Not an Emulator I'm not sure about Cedega, but WINE dll hell is just as bad as the real thing(tm). -- Geoffrey D. Jacobs Go to the Chinese Restaurant, Order the Special _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
