[SLL] Case for forcing install without dependencies?
Mark Foster
mark at foster.cc
Mon Oct 6 07:34:41 PDT 2008
Francois Caen wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Mark Foster <mark at foster.cc> wrote:
>
>> You'll probably be fine with the CPAN approach
>>
>
> Never, EVER use CPAN on a Redhat / Fedora system!
>
> If you use an rpm-based distribution, get your software with yum. If
> you don't, you will have all kind of issues down the road when you
> need to update something.
>
>
In most cases you are absolutely right, when running on a supported system.
He is running fc1 which has no updates or support available, so the
point is mute.
--
The more stuff you have, the less it all means.
Mark D. Foster <mark at foster.cc>
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