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