but with source packages that's exactly what you get. Download source
RPM, configure things like CFLAGS, build your package, and you've got
exactly what you want in a very portable format.
I'm a build it from tar.bz kinda guy too, but sometimes you need packages
to make TPTB happy, or to keep from having to compile the database on 20
different machines.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:
> Well, I have never seen any advantages in a package system... :)
> As a developer, I like having full control of what I compile....
>
>
> BTJ
>
> On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 20:45, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Bjørn T Johansen writes:
> >
> > > Just a question... Are there any reasons not to just take the source and
> > > compile it under RHEL 3.0? Or am I missing something?
> >
> > Yes, all the advantages that a package system gives you.