Hi. My first post to this list. Although I've been subscribed for a long time, just to follow the development, I don't have the skills needed to contribute. Like me, I guess that there are many people, so I think this should be asked in lfs-user too.
Well, my answers: > [ ] I am an editor of LFS or one of the related projects > [ ] I use LFS as my primary Linux system > [x] I use LFS on more than one PC (including virtual machines) > [ ] I deviate a lot from LFS (not counting package updates as deviations) > [ ] I deviate a lot from BLFS (not counting package updates as deviations) > > I use the following package management technique: > ( ) It's all in my head! > ( ) I trust the lists of files in the book > ( ) I rebuild everything every three months or less, so there is no > need to manage anything! > ( ) Installation script tracing with installwatch or checkinstall > ( ) Installation script tracing with some other tool > ( ) Timestamp-based "find" operation > (x) User-based <-- Paco > ( ) RPM > ( ) DPKG > ( ) Simple binary tarballs produced with DESTDIR > ( ) Other DESTDIR-based method of producing binary packages > ( ) Other > > I use the following features provided by a package manager: > [ ] Knowing where each file comes from > [x ] Clean uninstallation of a package > [x ] Removal of obsolete files when upgrading to a new version > [ ] Ability to upgrade toolchain components (most notably, glibc) > painlessly [ ] Ability to revert mistakes easily and quickly by installing > an old binary package > [ ] Ability to compile once, deploy on many macines > [ ] Scripting the build > > I will ignore the future LFS advice on package management if it > [ ] Can't be applied on a busy machine where many files are > accessed/modified everyy minute > [ ] Can't be used to transfer packages to another machine > [ ] Interferes with config.site files described in DIY-linux > [ ] Will clobber configuration files wen upgrading package versions > [x ] Doesn't explain how to package software beyond BLFS > [x ] Requires learning another language/syntax besides bash shell syntax > [ ] Exists at all -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
