[ale] To rpm or to tar.gz that is my question.

[Jonathan Rickman]

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Stuffed Crust wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 11:32:21PM -0700, C I wrote:
> > Can you configure rpm's to install the package as
> > easily as you can if you install from source.  I enjoy
> > installing from source, I know where things will wind
> > up and apps seem to run better if installed from
> > source.  I was wonder what other peoples opinion on
> > this subject was.

In a large scale production environment, package managers should be used. It
just makes things easier to track. In a smaller environment (fewer than 10
machines) I like to compile from source. You are correct about apps running
better when compiled from source. There is a solid technical reason for this.
It's compiled on your machine and therefore optimized for your system...assuming
the Makefile is properly written. Most of the time this wont make that much of a
difference. But, if you're running oddball hardware...it definately will.

-- 
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net


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