Re: [cobalt-users] Cobalt Bandwidth Calculation Software

[Mike Vanecek <nospam99@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:48:24 -0600, "Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)"
<rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:>Are any of these packages available as either Cobalt .PKG or standard RedHat
:>.RPM formats? I'm getting bolder with time, but so far "tarball" ranks right
:>up there with "prostate cancer" in the list of My Favorite Things.

Trust me on this one - almost nothing comes close to prostate cancer on any
list. I have gotten pretty adept at tar balls and rpms on the qube2. Putting
together a spec file is still kinda like a tooth extraction - feels good once
it is done, but a pain during the process. One source I have found very useful
is


http://www.rpmdp.org/rpmbook/

  -- for those that like to buy things, it can be purchased on amazon for
about $28. Written in 1997, but extremely complete and, for the most part,
pretty complete.