Paul Heinlein spake the following on 8/16/2006 7:56 AM:
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Will McDonald wrote:
>
>> On 16/08/06, dennis <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> hi to all,
>>>
>>> im currently installing rrdtool-1.2.15 with my box CentOS 4.3
>>> final ,before i installed rrdtools there 2 files suggested need to
>>> installed the FreeType
>> Is there a specific reason for not using the RPMForge packaged
>> rrdtool?
>>
>> [root@devmon1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep rrd
>> rrdtool-1.2.13-1.el4.rf
>> perl-rrdtool-1.2.13-1.el4.rf
>
> Also, on Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Jim Perrin wrote:
>
>> It's far better to stick with rpms on an rpm based system. This way
>> all the other software knows about each other via the rpm database,
>> and you don't run into missing dependencies, version conflicts, and
>> other issues that like to creep up.
>
> To my mind, the advice given by Will and Jim is a two-edged sword:
>
> * Sure, using rpms on rpm-based systems is the surest path to
> stability, success, long uptimes, and Johnny's new pony :-)
Here is a pony for Johnny!!!
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