> A good package manager is, IMO, a necessity. NO!!!!
i'll explain why i NEVER will use any package-manager: have a look at the configure options with php5: depending on what other packages i've alread installed, the php package will contain the mcrypt/mhash ONLY IF NEEDED, same with mysql or pgsql, the imap-functionnality, the soap (xml) and quite some more. on a full blown server i have tonns of --with-xy or --enable-ab, after building the required libraries and tools. on a router where i have php available for my web-interface to maintain the system i just don't need them (and thus have lots of --without-xy and --disable-ab). which version do you declare the one and only to be used for the package-management?? with (b)lfs i have full control on what is installed on a system. i really dislike packages like "php5" + "php-mysql" + "php-pgsql" + "php-whatever-you-wish" (and each one again with -devel). i just compile php with all the options i need on a particular machine. or have a look at samba: for a small network i don't use ldap. but sometimes i use it and thus have to compile with --enable-ldapsam. same with cups or pam. usually i don't install swat (thus --disable-swat), but some customers are already used to it, thus i include it. greetings from switzerland tobias -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
