Kevin Anderson wrote: < snip > > make, so there may be some bias involved when I say that... :) Gentoo seems > quite flexible in this area too. < / snip >
Gentoo does handle this more or less well - as long as there is an ebuild package for what you are after. Otherwise, you're stuck compiling from source. Of course, that's always an option too - even on Debian or other distros. But it is not a path I would recommend to anyone who has little/no experience with compiling from source (it's not THAT bad though), or those without the patience to deal with all the little environment issues that inevitably crop up... I stopped running Gentoo on my servers because I decided I'd rather focus more time on doing my job, and less maintaining a server. doing an apt-get upgrade is MUCH easier than an emerge world. Less fallout concerning the config files. But Gentoo is still a good option in some cases. My Thoughts... Shawn _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
