Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 12:07:03 -0700 From: Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com> To: "FreeBSD-Questions (Request)" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat Message-ID: <3F7C7757.9020006@bigfoot.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0310021228210.11968-100000@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net> References: <200310021459.h92Exhbn017254@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.50.0310021228210.11968-100000@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net>
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SoloCDM wrote: ... > When RedHat started out, it had some conveniences, but it quickly > become so bizarre and discombobulated that I am feed-up, a voodoo act > and standing on one's head is involved. Most of the so-called-experts > in RPMs don't know what they're doing from one minute to the next. > Usually installing the tarball (my form of description) is the only > available option. > > So many of the RPM distributors are inventing and reinventing new ways > to reroute the file to its original location. Often the files go > through 6 links before you capture the original file. That doesn't > include the original program from recognizing other renamed filenames > that produce optional executions. This usually keeps some of the RPM > installations from installing, *unless*, all the rubble is ripped out > before you start. Often that *breaks* the whole structure/hierarchy > apart. > > Now distributors have moved to an option that supposedly entices > enterprises. Usually it forces the installations to conform to their > type of networking. [conform to their type of networking? what do you mean?] there is LSB (http://www.linuxbase.org/) and FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/) to help to solve these problems. I think it's getting better. you'd be better with other distros though - debian (packages dependencies etc. are maintained, you can upgrade across major version fairly easily (I already went through 3 major version, IIRC, with same system)) or slackware (very minimalistic and clean, you pretty much manage everything yourself (this might not be true anymore, I didn't use it for quite some time)) still, and this is pretty much for all unix(like) systems - install the packages that are part of the distribution only. Anything third party install in /opt/name-version (preferably from source) and create links as appropriate (stow is a great help). That's the only way to keep the system manageable, whether it's redhat or freeBSD. erik
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