17 Mar
2004
17 Mar
'04
11:55
Why not provide a database of the packages and the build/install options such as ./configure --prefix=/SuSE/path/to/install? Wouldn't this make it so much easier to find were packages are and make it easier to upgrade them? It could either be on the SuSE web site or perhaps even within YaST?
This information is available in the .spec file for each package. It's worth noting that no package uses the ./configure defaults, because ./configure invariably defaults to --prefix=/usr/local -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 9.0) GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org