[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes:
> > "Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Manoj> iii) It forces you to use fakeroot or sudo or super or
> Manoj> be root to
> Manoj> create a kernel image .deb file (this is not as
> Manoj>
> "Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Manoj> iii) It forces you to use fakeroot or sudo or super or
Manoj> be root to
Manoj> create a kernel image .deb file (this is not as
Manoj> bad as it used to be before fakeroot)
I question t
Tyson Dowd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 03-Jun-1998, Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > At 23:38 -0700 1998-06-02, Tyson Dowd wrote:
> > >Manoj addressed most of the big differences in his mail. One that he
> > >missed (or glossed over) is the difference in generation of packages.
>
On 03-Jun-1998, Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 23:38 -0700 1998-06-02, Tyson Dowd wrote:
> >Manoj addressed most of the big differences in his mail. One that he
> >missed (or glossed over) is the difference in generation of packages.
>
> Another one is that he didn't explain what dp
At 23:38 -0700 1998-06-02, Tyson Dowd wrote:
>Manoj addressed most of the big differences in his mail. One that he
>missed (or glossed over) is the difference in generation of packages.
Another one is that he didn't explain what dpkg-shlibdeps does.
>dpkg encourages (practically enforces) buildi
On 02-Jun-1998, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm currently writting an article for "Linux Actual" (an spanish
> magazine on Linux) about the Debian Packaging System (more on the .deb
> format than other policies) and I would like to make the BIG question,
>
Manoj hit all the major points, and about every other point under the sun :)
But I would like to expand on what I think are the key differences.
1) It's a distributed volunteer based system with lots of contributors. This
sometimes leads to long arguments, but it means that policies must be
Gosh!!! This really was good Manoj. I really enjoyed reading this
technical dissertation on the magic of Debian.
Can't this be placed somewhere in www.debian.org?
E.-
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well, there are a number of things, but the following are
> importa
On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a wrote:
>
> What are the main differences/advantages/disadvantages of
> Debian's Packaging System vs The Other Guys (tm) ?
>
> I would appreciate any help in sorting these out (I already have
So would we !
John Lapeyre <[E
Hi,
Well, there are a number of things, but the following are
important (in no particular order)
1) strong dependency tracking. Espescially with APT, the next
generation replacement for dselect, packages are unpacked in an
order that minimizes the time for which a package is una
I'm currently writting an article for "Linux Actual" (an spanish
magazine on Linux) about the Debian Packaging System (more on the .deb
format than other policies) and I would like to make the BIG question,
considering there is a lot of discussion about LSB.
start big question ---
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