RPM release differences for same GC version [WAS: Help]

[Steve Romanow]

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: RPM release differences for same GC version [WAS:  
   Help From:    "Steve Romanow" <slestak at cavtel.net>
Date:    Fri, July 16, 2004 12:49 pm
To:      "Jean-David Beyer" <jdbeyer at exit109.com>
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On Fri, July 16, 2004 12:36 pm, Jean-David Beyer said:
> 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.
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>>>...Great.  Dependency hell here we come!
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>>>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.
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>> RPM conflicts and hunting are what drove me from RH.
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> 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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Sorry, I was referring to ports and portage, the package management
systems used by BSD and Gentoo.  Dependency handling has never been
easier.  Not trying to flame-bait, just stating my experience with rpm
distros.