> On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > > > Several hundred of the Debian packages will compile automaticaly. A number > > of them will not, and require a bit of hand tweaking. > > > > You can't install _all_ debian packages, as many of them conflict with each > > other. For example we distribute at least 4 web servers, and you'd only want > > one. > > I think this is a major shortcoming of the debian package > system. Why wouldn't I want to run two different web > servers? Two packages that provide the same functionality > don't need to be mutually exclusive. Likewise, I'd very > much like to see support for multiple concurrent package > instances. This is key for migration in a production > environment. It goes without saying that its a must for a > development environment. It would require rethinking quite > a few things though.
Actually, you _can_ run all 4 web servers at the same time. I just checked, they don't conflict. You can't have more than 1 MTA though. I suspect this is because they all provide /usr/bin/sendmail and other conflicting files for compatibility. -- Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation.... Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
