[Fwd: Re: RPM release differences for same GC version [WAS: Help

[Robert Heller]

In message <40F80427.1000208 at exit109.com>, Jean-David Beyer writes:
>Steve Romanow wrote:
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>> On Fri, July 16, 2004 10:22 am, Stewart V. Wright said:
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>>>G'day Jean-David,
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>>>* Jean-David Beyer <jdbeyer at exit109.com> [040716 14:43]:
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>>>>I guess this is not true of all systems or, at least, all gnucash rpms.
>>>
>>>...Great.  Dependency hell here we come!
>>>
>>>I didn't realise that there was competing packaging going on out there.
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>> (I roll my own from the tar ball.)
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>> I've got to say it.  Heres where the beauty of ports and portage show.
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>I have no idea about what you are referring to. A port is normally where a 
>ship may expect to dock. Portage refers to carrying of small watercraft 
>(typically canoes) around rapids and other obstructions in a waterway. 
>What this has to do with software in general, or Linux software in 
>particular, eludes me.

Software hacker techno speak/slang: to 'port' a piece of software is to
translate / recompile / or otherwise adapt the software from one
platform (operating system) and/or programing language to another
platform (operating system) and/or programing language.  The 'port'
might be a shorten form of 'transport', but I am not sure.

>> 
>> RPM conflicts and hunting are what drove me from RH.
>> 
>I found the solution to RPM conflicts with Red Hat is to use _only_ RPMs 
>released by Red Hat for the exact distribution you are using.
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