On 03/30/2012 03:59 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:

> Oh, boy. I could say something now in defense for why the Slackware packaging system never required dependency checking.... :)
> 
> There is no database, no Central Headquarters. Just tgz packages....
> 
> Slackware installs the dam*ed thing and expects the user to know better. Yeah, not all users pay attention, but the package tools do pay attention to what gets removed. When two packages have installed the same file the package tools do not argue and leaves the files untouched during the removal process.
> 
> Oh never mind. I'll start a distro war soon!
> 
> Darrell

Nah,

  I see likes and dislikes in all the distros I've run. rpm based, pacman based,
deb based, tgz based - all are fine.

good distro = good out of the box package selection + good list with good people

  The rest is just noise...

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.