[A83] Re: libraries [OT]


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[A83] Re: libraries [OT]




>In any system, libraries shouldn't have version dependency problems.  Why
>does Red Hat and all distributions based on it sucks?  Because RPM sucks.
>Why does RPM suck?  "Dependency hell".  Why do you see different RPM's for
>different versions of Red Hat?  One package should work for virtually all
>Linux distributions.  It's the same vendor, and you need different packages
>for different releases!  When you change a libraries' interface, you rename
>it.  Simple as that.  Debian understands this.  Red Hat does not.
>
>Sorry, little rant about Red Hat there.  But anyway, point to remember is
>that you shouldn't need to track versions of things.  If you change an
>interface, rename it, so both versions can exist on a system, keeping
>existing applications from breaking.

What about Mandrake Linux?


      SUCKER [Pieter Van Nuffel]


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