> On Mon, 03 Mar2008 "Alexander E. Patrakov" wrote: > > Please reply to this message (please, limit this to the > lfs-dev list only) and mark with "X" the items that apply. > If the answer is not the same on your different Linux > systems, write numbers of systems to which each answer > applies instead of a simple "X" mark. The resuts may or may > not be used for determining the future course of LFS. They > will certainly be used to verify or disprove my guess about > the way the LFS community is now split. > > [ ] I am an editor of LFS or one of the related projects > [*] I use LFS as my primary Linux system > [*] 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 > ( ) User-based > ( ) 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 (and goes to) > [*] Clean uninstallation of a package > [*] 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 packag > [ ] Ability to compile once, deploy on many machines > [ ] 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 every minute > [ ] Can't be used to transfer packages to another machine > [ ] Interferes with config.site files described in DIY-linux > [*] Will clobber configuration files when upgrading package versions > [ ] Doesn't explain how to package software beyond BLFS > [ ] Requires learning another language/syntax besides bash shell > syntax > [ ] Exists at all >
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