On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 15:20, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On 20 Nov 2003 10:16:05 -0500, > John Cichy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > This is when you find something that you need to run on your RPM based > > system, you download the RPM and attempt to install it, only to find > > out you need another RPM (actually a lib from another RPM) you search > > for the required RPM and download it and attempt the install, only to > > find out you need another RPM (actually a lib from another RPM) you > > search for the the required RPM and download it and attempt the > > install, only to find ... > > ..I found it workable, it was simply cut and paste rpm commands and > whines back and forth between the first ssh session and an editor untill > it quit whining, then toss that 55 line 'rpm -Uvh ' into all ssh > sessions.
Very interesting, you should write a mini-howto on this, would help a lot of people. The problem with me is, I do have a couple of boxes I 'fool' around with, but in most cases it's hard to justify spending time to find 'interesting' ways to do things (especially when you have to justify to manglers who believe that M$ stuff just works). I spent very little time learning the Debian install, and actually (putting on flame-proof suit) enjoy dselect, and found that everything just worked. Also, as I say below, this was the primary reason for the switch, the secondary reason had to do with a phone call I had with support where the tech guy said he would NEVER do an upgrade, and that they would only support clean installs. > > > This was the primary reason I looked a Debian in the first place, I > > have installed/setup MANY Debian machines to do many different tasks > > have have never thought about returning to hell. > > > > I think RH's recent announcement will be their downfall, as more > > people who are 'forced' to try Debian, the more that will realize > > maintaining and adding functionality to a system does not have to be > > something that wakes you up in the middle of the night SCREAMING! > > ..I came over on RH's decision to ditch the free DL's, "going > Enterprize", is workable when you pass the bills onto your clients, > but I couldn't see where they were going nor how they planned to > match or beat Debians performance good enough to have me buy > a license for myself too. > > ..now, had I, 6 months ago, known Fedora would match > RH-7.3, I would have stayed. Too late now. ;-) > > -- > ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) > ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > best case, worst case, and just in case. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
