On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 10:07:25PM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
RPMs are a bundle of software with multiple dependencies on the environment in which it executes. The way they're conventionally constituted is by configuring them for a particular set of dependent packages. Each distribution contains a different set of package (and / or package versions) and demands that software built for it accommodate that complement of packages (versions).
So what you are saying is that each distro needs its own packaging. That is what I said. I just use less words. :-D
That's not the same as software that, when executed, looks at the "distribution" and tries to adapt itself to it. It's this kind of behavior that I advise against.
It is not the same, it is simmilar. I also did not say it was wise. ;-) houghi -- Quote correct (NL) http://www.briachons.org/art/quote/ Zitiere richtig (DE) http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren Quote correctly (EN) http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html