On Friday, June 04, 2010 05:05:56 Bruno Haible wrote: > Where does the thinking come from that it is bad to have something not > recognized by the package system?
because it is bad. i rarely install packages onto my system anymore without a way of tracking them via my PM. if i do, i leverage DISTDIR first, and cherry pick what i want into /usr/local. packages install way too much cruft that changes over versions to sanely track without a PM, and `make uninstall` is way too inconsistent and "helpful" to even think about trusting. as for sticking things in /usr/local vs /usr, having different versions simultaneously with most packages just breaks things. -mike
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