Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3261 mails)

[Mike <bcomber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 23 April 2001 22:56, you wrote:
> This is a bad model to compare with - but let's run with it.


OK
> I used to install nearly everything by hand, but the increasing reliance
> of the package manager which is being encougaged by the distros have
> created cirumstances where many autoconf files and software dependencies
> can not any longer be reasonably worked out.  As a result, the distro's are
> disfunctional without the package managers.  The recent Kernel upgrade is a
> prime example.  So much of the core of the system's init and module
> dependencies changed, that not only did nearly everything need to be

> rebuilt, but even after using the RPM's from a FRESH 7.1 disk (since the on

Odd, I took the rpm's directly from the site for 2.4.2, and the modutils and 
did a one time install. Worked right out of the chute. No muss, no fuss. 
Granted, this was a pretty stock system, and I don't do rebuilds unless 
absolutely necessary. 

> line ones didn't work), and after an initial failure from the CD, once
> finally things were massaged to work, all my origianl setting were LOST,
> espeically Firewall, Routing, HOSTING and X (my voodoo3 3d stopped working
> again).
>
>  So the distros are say - OK we will for now on drive - YOU - (slap) -
> take you r hands off the wheel.
>
> Now it is asked - should we expect you to put the engine in as well???
>
> Well - what the heck is the RPM then anyway!!
>
> BTW - as for the question, if the engine originally provided can
> be remotely started and then drive the car across country, while
> charging my plastic for the gas... damn straight I expect your RPM to
> slip that new 2.4 engine right in place....

I don't think so.. deciding to put a new engine in a brand new car will 
usually void the warranty. Unless the first one was broken. And in this case, 
the engine furnished isn't broken. Works fine. 

 

> Or at least fix the damn system so that it can work with an off the shelf
> job.

It does. I've done it on three totally different machines. Both off CD and 
DVD.

Mike
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