[simpits-chat] Tech...

[Erwin Neyt]

That's why most people pay Bill some money and get a nice OS.

*duck*

Erwin.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Sikkema [mailto:hangr18@hotmail.com] 
> Sent: maandag 24 februari 2003 13:42
> To: simpits-chat@simpits.org
> Subject: Re: [simpits-chat] Tech...
> 
> 
> >?!
> 
> >./configure
> 
> >make
> 
> >(su to root)
> 
> >make-install
> 
> 
> >Where's the problem?
> 
> Problem is half the time that doesn't work, you have to screw 
> around with 
> the makefile to get it to work for your specific system, or 
> track down 
> dependencies you don't have and get THEM installed in the 
> right place. And 
> don't get me started on trying to get things working on a 
> system where you 
> dont HAVE SU. RPMs make things nicer, but aren't 100%, either. That's 
> another one of my problems that I forgot to mention, about how 
> system-dependent everything is. There are so many distros out 
> there and so 
> many programs need adjustments to work on one they aren't 
> coded specifically 
> for, and most people (including myself) just dont want to 
> screw with it, 
> they want to install their program and run it. The only time 
> that should be 
> taken is the time it takes for the install program to copy 
> the files over, 
> IMHO. But I've never seen a program with so much as an 
> install script, even. 
> It seems like such a simple concept, make a small program to install 
> software. But noone in the *nix world seems to want to do 
> that for their 
> software. Probably because they know it wouldnt work 90% of the time, 
> because there would be some adjustment to make.
> 
> Brian
> 
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