On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Benjamin Jackson said:

BJ>One should also point tout that it is good to compile the binaries
BJ>yourself. Package Management is Evil
BJ> :)

While I recognize that this is merely a philosophical point I should point
out that rpm allows you to do both! Which is the way that I prefer to do it
as I modify many, many of the src.rpm's to suit my individual and corporate
preferences.

BJ>On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Sergio A. Kessler wrote:
BJ>
BJ>*snip*
BJ>> 
BJ>> yes, I have an idea, but you will be offended ...
BJ>> 
BJ>> anyway: src.rpm means it's the SOURCE files (you have to configure,
BJ>> compile, install, etc), NOT the compiled ready-to-use binaries, 
BJ>> you should install imap-4.5-3-i386.rpm ...
BJ>> (it should be on your first disk)
BJ>> 
BJ>> Sergio
BJ>> 
BJ>> 
BJ>
BJ>
BJ>

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