On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 09:09:52PM +0900, rossen apostolov wrote: > jaap wrote: > > >Le Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 10:23:42PM +0000, James Stone a ?crit... > > > > > >>I have no idea about Gentoo and ebuilds. What is wrong with downloading > >>the source and compiling it yourself? > >> > >>James > >> > >> > > > >It's more work. > > > >And if the ebuild is ok,it will be easier for a lot of people. > > > >Maybe you have to try gentoo to understand..:) > > > > > >Jaap > > > > > > > > > James: > > Gentoo's ebuilds are, like the ports in FreeBSD , > a very powerful way to keep your system updated. > They automatically download, compile and install > not only the program you want but the dependencies as well. > They let you have all the programs compiled with > options optimized for your specific machine, > and record everything they do in a database. > You can (often) easily write ebuilds yourself, especially for > programs using autoconf etc. > The ebuild system is the main reason I shifted to Gentoo, > and highly recommend it. > Fair enough.. each to their own. I use debian and then install self-compiled source packages for most of the audio stuff, since it is more cutting edge than the debs. I could make them into debs myself but can not really be bothered.. Haven't had any dependency tracking problems so far... Gentoo sounds a bit more fiddly to me but I am sure it is good once you get used to it. James
