Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Is there a PKG for chkrootkit for RAQ4?

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 12 June 2002 05:54 pm, Charlie Summers wrote:
>    Um...er...I don't mean to be a wise guy, but why in the _world_ would
> you need a .pkg for this? It's mind-numbingly simple to download the source
> tarball, unpack it, compile it, and install the darned thing anywhere you
> want it. You don't need to be a unix guru, you just need to know how to
> read and follow instructions.
>
>    Wow...have we really gotten to the point where we won't even learn how
> to install a REALLY simple tarball without someone writing a package to do
> it for us, placing it where the PACKAGE CREATOR wants it instead of where
> we want it? Go to http://www.chkrootkit.org/ get the latest source tar
> file, compile it, and go. It's easy, even if you've never done it before.
>
>    Sheesh. And I thought RPMs were overdoing it...this is getting plain
> silly. What's next - a .pkg file to install a perl script?
>

I agree it is a simple install, see my earlier post...
but its too much for the average appliance user <grin>

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