On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 10:40, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 05:34:19PM -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > For major packages used in production I have started building them from > > source. (apache, php, postgresql, etc) As such I can apply patches > > directly from the developers when needed. True, I don't use RPM for > > those packages but then I have a little more control over what options > > are included. > > Scot -- I suggest going a step further. There's a bit of a learning curve > for RPM, but it's not too bad, especially when starting from already > existing packages. Instead of building and installing the source directly, > build your own RPMs. Then you have the advantages of both. > Matthew, That is on my list of things to get to eventually. :) Other things always seem to take precedence. One major benefit would be not having to have a build environment installed on every machine. (particularly Internet facing systems, I prefer not having a wide variety of tools on those boxes) So don't be surprised if I ask questions about writing spec files sometime in the future. :) -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Out of the mouths of babes does often come cereal.
