On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 19:25 +0100, Kristian Poul Herkild wrote: > Don't even think about using .at-packages. Alex Thimm likes to use this > list to spread his packages - without ever fixing the many issues > arrising from using them (those have been proved to exist by me and many > others). It's better to do a search in google on the issue, and on > NVidia-drivers basically "nvidia driver rpm fc3 -atrpms" (the latter > being to remove all results in relation to ATrpms! - very important to > remember). > > You didn't have to remove mesa, I can recommend using SmartPM to solve > most issues. Just don't use an ATrpms-package - they screw up your > system, by adding fictious dependencies and conflicting with everything > but other ATrpms-packages. > > Why Alex Thimm has chosen a Microsoftish approach is unclear to me, but > as can be seen from an answer to me from AT, he doesn't really care > about the mess, he's unnecessarily creating for the rest of us. > > (Now he's gonna get pissed, I guess :p ) ---- I think that this was a cheap shot post all the way. I have had nothing but success with Axel's repository and would wholeheartedly recommend using it with dag's and freshrpms. You are wrong that the doesn't care - he has demonstrated time and time again that the cares. Obviously, you have an axe to grind and have no hesitation to grind it. I hate to have to see him defend himself against inflated attacks like this. Craig
