Re: Dependency hell redux

2001-06-18 Thread Phillip J Shelton
I have just read Paul Lussier's post of the 18 june 2001 Re: gnucash dependencies criticized. (I am never sure which way to read my posts. Do I start with the latest and work back or do I start with the earlest and work forward?) And I will now sit down in my corner as the comment I haven't mad

Re: Dependency hell redux

2001-06-18 Thread Phillip J Shelton
Rob Walker wrote: > cbbrowne> Both options provide a nice big "blech!" > > yes, it sucks, but the users are then able to run gnucash. It may be > 75 to 100 Megs of sucks, but it seems like gnucash needs that many > megs of libraries and whatnot. May I make a comment with my tongue stuck so fir

Re: Dependency hell redux

2001-06-18 Thread Rob Walker
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 23:18:01 -0500 (CDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] > said: cbbrowne> a) Having to have libs installed in some GnuCash-specific cbbrowne> place, so that there might be several copies of the _same_ cbbrowne> GNOME libs if one had GnuCash as well as RHAT as well as cbbrowne> Ximi

Re: Dependency hell redux

2001-06-18 Thread cbbrowne
Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > Rob> What about a downloadable .tar.gz file which is all n Megs of > Rob> libraries and gnucash and whatnot, and the user is told to "cd ~ && > Rob> tar -zxvf ". That would create a ~/gnucash-app directory... > > Using a .tar.gz file makes it easier for developers/packager