Philippe,
Nothing *wrong* with tarballs. I just *prefer* to use rpms in *my*
systems. Agreed, that may sometimes make *my* life difficult when I look
for something specific.
I *try* to find an rpm whenever possible. If not found (after having
asked you and anyone else on this list for advice) I might consider
using a tarball. *If* I find the application more worthwhile than the
*potential* problems of mixing tarballs with rpms.
Currently, the only app I have as a tarball is StarOffice.
It's a personal choice of mine. I was just asking for help to find an
rpm, OK? IMO, rpms are soooo much better than any lame attempts to do
the same in the WinXX world.
I run Linux, not RedHat? I run the RedHat distribution of Linux.
BTW, no offense taken from your post. I respect your point of view, but
I don't share it.
Best regards (and I mean it, seriously :-)
Gustav
Philippe Moutarlier wrote:
>
> Gustav Schaffter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I really would like to use the ntop application. Unfortunately, it's
> > distributed as a tar ball only. I found it at rpmfind, but only
> > backlevel (i.e. V1.0-71 for 386 compared to the authors latest release
> > V1.2a12).
> >
> > I try as much as possible to keep my RH systems 'rpm only'.
> >
> > Anyone have any better hints where I could find up to date ntop rpms?
> >
> what's wrong with a tarball ?? You are running Linux, not Redhat ..
> Redhat doesn't have to support EVERYTHING. Obviously some people will produce nice
>software and will not produce rpms for them. Will that make the software not worth it
>?
>
> Sorry if it sounds like a little flame, but this is getting a little scary to me.
>Very Winbucks like !
>
> Philippe
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