Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> 
>> if you compile and install from source, it's not going to bump the use 
>> count on your libraries.
> 
> Excellent fun. Compile something from source, and the package manager 
> doesn't know you have it, and tries to install it again.

Or you get to make up a package file by hand.

The worst I ever dealth with was a package that needed a very specific 
version of Boost, and since Linux doesn't do the whole "side by side" thing 
very well,

> Weirdly, most software you compile from scratch has an uncanny ability 
> to figure out what libraries are installed, no matter whether you're 
> using RPM or DEB or EMERGE or...

It's not that uncanny. It tries to compile the code, and if the compiler 
returns error messages, it knows why.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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