Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:35:14 +0100 | Subject | Fwd: package managers [was: FatELF patches...] | From | Marcin Letyns <> |
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marcin Letyns <mletyns@gmail.com> Date: 2009/11/5 Subject: Re: package managers [was: FatELF patches...] To: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
2009/11/5 Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>: > > > On Wed, 4 Nov 2009, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: >
> No, if I compile alpha version of mplayer by hand, it compiles and links > against whatever libraries I have on my system. If I pull it out of some > "testing" repository, it is already compiled and linked against libraries > in the same "testing" repository and it will load the system with crap. > > That is the unfortunate reality of not having a binary standard :-(
Another bull, it's reality of not having precompiled package for your distro. Try installing this on windows (not by running executable - consider there's no executable in this case :>)! Precompiled packages are smarter equivalents of windows exes. If there's no precompiled package or if there's no exe you've got to compile and in your situation mess everything up. I don't consider someone needs binary standard etc. What you need is just precompiled packages for your distro. If someone doesn't want to give you them, it's his fault. In example you go at skype.com or whatever and you download single .deb or .rpm and if you use (K)ubuntu you just click on this package and skype or whatever will install automagically.
Btw. I don't consider such discussion should take place at lkml, so maybe you'll start writing about this at linux.com or somewhere else?
Regards
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