Re: build vs install

2019-04-10 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 17:35:50 -0400 Lee wrote: Hello Lee, >I thought systemd was the new way to start services. Having ttcp Oh, I see what you mean. It's probably all that. I just meant about config files. Lack of explanation on my part. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly

Re: build vs install

2019-04-10 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 18:05:42 -0500 David Wright wrote: Hello David, >On Tue 09 Apr 2019 at 20:25:20 (+0100), Brad Rogers wrote: >> For some years now, Grub (well, Grub2) has used a binary format for >> configs. >Really, which ones? I can't find any. Muddled thinking my end. Sorry. It doesn't

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread David Wright
On Tue 09 Apr 2019 at 20:25:20 (+0100), Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 14:58:22 -0400 Lee wrote: > > >OK - good to know. Somehow I'd got the impression that systemd was > >moving to a windows registry type thing for config data instead of > > I've no idea about that. I don't think sys

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Lee
On 4/9/19, Michael Howard wrote: > On 09/04/2019 19:03, Lee wrote: >> On 4/9/19, Michael Howard wrote: >>> On 09/04/2019 16:35, Lee wrote: What are the downsides to getting the source code and doing the build/install myself vs. using a pre-built package other than I'm responsible for

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Lee
On 4/9/19, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 14:58:22 -0400 > Lee wrote: > > Hello Lee, > >>OK - good to know. Somehow I'd got the impression that systemd was >>moving to a windows registry type thing for config data instead of > > I've no idea about that. I don't think systemd is really re

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Michael Howard
On 09/04/2019 19:03, Lee wrote: On 4/9/19, Michael Howard wrote: On 09/04/2019 16:35, Lee wrote: What are the downsides to getting the source code and doing the build/install myself vs. using a pre-built package other than I'm responsible for noticing the software needs to be updated? The late

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 14:58:22 -0400 Lee wrote: Hello Lee, >OK - good to know. Somehow I'd got the impression that systemd was >moving to a windows registry type thing for config data instead of I've no idea about that. I don't think systemd is really relevant to the topic under discussion here,

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Lee
On 4/9/19, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 13:30:45 -0400 > Lee wrote: > > Hello Lee, > >>> package installer may write the configs somewhere other than where the >>> creator does, for example. >>But they're still all text files - right? There's nothing like MS > > I'd hope so, yes. IOW

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 13:30:45 -0400 Lee wrote: Hello Lee, >> package installer may write the configs somewhere other than where the >> creator does, for example. >But they're still all text files - right? There's nothing like MS I'd hope so, yes. IOW, I'd hope the Debian maintainers don't cha

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Lee
On 4/9/19, Michael Howard wrote: > On 09/04/2019 16:35, Lee wrote: >> What are the downsides to getting the source code and doing the >> build/install myself vs. using a pre-built package other than I'm >> responsible for noticing the software needs to be updated? >> >> The latest example is ttcp >

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Lee
Hi Brad, On 4/9/19, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 11:35:05 -0400 > Lee wrote: > > Hello Lee, > >>What are the downsides to getting the source code and doing the >>build/install myself vs. using a pre-built package other than I'm >>responsible for noticing the software needs to be updated

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Michael Howard
On 09/04/2019 16:35, Lee wrote: What are the downsides to getting the source code and doing the build/install myself vs. using a pre-built package other than I'm responsible for noticing the software needs to be updated? The latest example is ttcp http://nuttcp.net/nuttcp/latest/ has 8.1.4

Re: build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 11:35:05 -0400 Lee wrote: Hello Lee, >What are the downsides to getting the source code and doing the >build/install myself vs. using a pre-built package other than I'm >responsible for noticing the software needs to be updated? Mostly, it's time. Also, you're responsible fo

build vs install

2019-04-09 Thread Lee
What are the downsides to getting the source code and doing the build/install myself vs. using a pre-built package other than I'm responsible for noticing the software needs to be updated? The latest example is ttcp http://nuttcp.net/nuttcp/latest/ has 8.1.4 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nut