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

["Todd Kirk" <tkirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> At 5:00 PM -0400 6/12/02, Gerald Waugh is rumored to have typed:
> 
> > > > AFAIK there is no pkg,
> > > > It is on my list of things to do, maybe the first of next week.
> <snip>
> > rpm -ivh 
> ftp://ftp.raqware.com/pub/RPMS/i386/chkrootkit-0.35-1.i386.rpm
>
>
>   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?
>
>         Charlie

Well I guess I'll take the time to explain why I don't understand or
follow instructions. Sure I can follow instructions. Hey I had to learn
about interbase, ISQL, Asp running off linux and not MS, all about MS
access db and cobalts etc. etc. everyone gets the point I think of going
from a washing machine owner to a linux/ASP/PHP/db administrator and
developer.

My statement is why would I not ask the simple question if someone has
ever made a PKG for chkrootkit before. Why would I waste time doing it
manually if the PKG already exists, please do not confuse my asking if a
pkg exists as a request to have someone make one in place of learning
for myself.

I think you jumped to the wrong conclusion, sorry. And for the record
this list is invaluable to me and many other washing machine owners ;)
Many thanks.

kind regards,

Todd Kirk