On Wednesday 19 January 2005 9:42 pm, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > Out of curiousity, I'd like to know why RPM's are, or at least some are, > distro specific? That would be with the obvious exception of distro > specific apps. First, let it be known that they're not just distro specific. They are distro AND version-of-distro specific. :) I think the two major problems are libraries and file paths. A RPM will expect "certain version" of a library (shared library) or program and it will also expect it on a "certain location". It really isn't just a matter of libraries...we're talking here mainly about development frameworks (gtk, qt, xorg). All distros come with different versions and everything sitting on top of that needs to work out nice. I hope it will get better in the future. Search google for "linux fhs" and "linux lsb". HTH, Jorge
