Re: linux standard layout

Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Ben Kim <bkim@tamu.edu> wrote:
>> I have someone who opposes the use of standard rpms (even yums) for this
>> reason. I thought I'd check out how it is received professionally.
>
> Sounds like a religious argument.  I mostly used packages, unless I
> can't.  (i.e. two different versions on RH at the same time)

Agreed.  This is particularly the case once one starts thinking about
security updates and so on - my experience is that hand-rolling from
source tends to result in patching lagging far behind after a while.