On Monday 16 February 2004 21:30, Vineet Kumar wrote: (1) > So it doesn't matter what distribution your rpm was targetted for; in > most cases, it's not debian, and installing it on your debian system > will most likely result in a system which is in violation of debian > policy. This doesn't necessarily mean anything bad; just that your > system isn't really a "clean" debian system anymore, and that should > be taken into account when considering any bugs you may experience.
(2) > I think a better answer to software not available from debian directly > is usually to compile and install in /usr/local, rather than resorting > to trying to install foreign packages. Luckily, the dependencies I was a little confused by this: could you tell me if I'm interpreting it correctly? I think that (1) produces an "unclean" system because non-Debian stuff is installed in /usr/bin, /usr/man, /usr/lib, etc., whereas (2) is better because the stuff that is not produced from Debian packages is in /usr/local/* -- is that right? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
