RE: [cobalt-users] Cobalt Releases OS Update 2.0

[Kingsly John <kingslyj@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Jim Carey wrote:

 |I have installed the php4.1.1 from source - really dont want to have
 |to go through all that again :-(

Take a look at checkinstall... which creates dummy rpms (no dependency
info and stuff) ... so it'll make your system easier to maintain... and
also anytime something over writes the exisiting install .. you'll just
have to do uninstall it.. and install the rpm that was created by
checkinstall.

(I wouldn't recommend you to upgrade rpms using checkinstall created rpms
as they can result in unpredictable behaviour.. and checkinstall rpms are
kind of tied down to your box alone... it may or may not work on other
ppl's machines.)

Kingsly