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On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:16:55 +0100 "Robin Cornelius" <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > After a number of boched upgrades where i was left with an unusable > system, prehapse my fault for following the devel branch when this is > really not stable, i finally switched to debian and havent looked back > since. > > The only think i will say is that mandrake does have a package > managment system so try to use it to install packages where possible. > Use urpmi for dependency tracking instead of rpm (its a rpm wrapper) > and try to find out where the packages expect config files etc and use > those locations. This makes it easier to upgrade in the future and > makes it easier to ask for help from others with the same distro if > things are where they are suspose to be. Also try to avoid building > from source especialy if a package is avaiable, as again keeping upto > date is then entirely on you. > > Regards > > Robin > That is exactly what I do. I use the management package system if possible. If not, then I avoid building from source and I try my best to make sure that the programs finish up where expected. I have now reached the stage with Mandriva where I have more or less most of the programs that I want/need. I don't foresee much in the way of installing in the future. Just the odd bit of upgrading, perhaps. regards Neil winchurst > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html