17 Sep
2020
17 Sep
'20
3:10 p.m.
On Thursday 17 September 2020 07:05:53 Michael via tde-users wrote:
On Thursday 17 September 2020 01:25:04 am deloptes via
tde-users wrote:
O, you systemd fanatics, always trying to convert us, by any means possible!
Actually, I don't quite understand: Why would non-systemd create a perceived
need to build packages? Am I to undertand that by "non-systemd Debian
derivatives" you mean the AntiX and maybe MX distros? Devuan is non-systemd,*
but you don't seem to include that among the derivatives.
Please clarify.
Bill
P.S.* Sorry, but I misread that line. I see that I took it that you were
including Devuan in the crowd of "way easier to compile".
Still, I don't quite get why you say this.
J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote:
I can't say why, but it was way easier in CentOS (RPM) than Ubuntu, Devuan,
MX (apt) to compile from source and keep it updated that way. It wasn’t
until I switched to non-systemd Debian derivatives that I ever saw a need
to build a package.
2 cents,
Michael #2 debian packages don't help much on an
RPM-based system. :-)
then build RPM or isolate as suggested, so that you can manage the
installed software easier later (for example if you have to update)