Re: [cobalt-users] Re:My SQL for RAQ XTR

[Ryan Verner <xfesty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 11:55:21 -0500 Charlie Summers <charlie@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

|    You do not need a .pkg file. You do not need an .rpm file. You can
easily
| install from source and avoid all these problems. Read the archives
carefully

Yeah, I see.  Hell, why the heck do most distributions have packaging?  To
hell with it, lets compile everything blindly, making a complete mess of our
systems.

I think somebody needs to do a little research before pointlessly flaming
this group.

|    Using a Cobalt does NOT remove from you the responsibility of learning
how
| to be an administrator. Simple installs from source is part of that
function.
| It just ain't that friggin' hard.

It doesn't remove you from the responsibility, but people shouldnt NEED to
compile from source - half the point of the Cobalt's is the whole .pkg
system and the fact the system maintains itself (to some degree).

Learn to put your brain where your mouth is.

R

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