[plug] old binaries

[Peter Wright]

Hi Rob,

On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 11:46:45AM +0800, Rob Dunne wrote:
> Peter Wright writes:
>  > On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 09:24:58AM +0800, Rob Dunne wrote:
>  > > RPMs are a nightmare -- I never know whether they are appropriate
>  > > for the system I am using,  [ ... ]
>  > 
>  > Okay, I'm thinking of a six letter word beginning with 'd'...
> 
> give me a hint

Sorry, I thought I was being funny. Oh well, I often make that mistake :).

Debian
123456

> 					rob

I think you (or maybe someone else asking for help with Redhat dependency
woes) mentioned on the list being locked in to Redhat for some reason or
other[0], and, well, anytime someone mentions Redhat-specific problems on plug,
especially with respect to package dependency problems, Debian tends to get
a little bit overadvocated.

Justifiably of course :), but sometimes it's easy to forget that people
don't necessarily want a solution that involves installing a new OS/distro.

Anyway, I hope you can work out your RPM woes - but if you do have an
opportunity to try Debian at some stage, I can certainly say that it is
well worth it.

Pete.

[0] I use Redhat (7.1) at work and find it a perfectly workable distro, but
then I tend to change it very very little. It's intended to stay pretty
stable and unmodified, so it doesn't get apps upgraded or anything - the
most trouble I've had with it was getting Oracle to run, which required
installing some older glibc compatibility packages. I certainly wouldn't
want to use it for a machine where frequent upgrading is required.
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