From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:16:34 +0530 From: "Martin C. Atkins" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] First-timer help Message-Id: <20050719221634.4b7bf184@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: <20050719T084834Z_FFB700000000@mail2.cu-portland.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6bb36c6e-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:23:16 -0600 (MDT) "Ronald G. Minnich" wrote: >.. > The upside is not having to fool with RPM dependencies when I want a > packet. emerge whatever. It can be nice. Sorry folks, but I can't resist: But that is exactly what a better-designed binary package system, such as Debian's apt, gives you. I've never had to "fool with deb dependencies" in >3 years use (and I install a lot of packages :-). OK - that's enough advocacy. Martin -- Martin C. Atkins martin_ml@parvat.com Parvat Infotech Private Limited http://www.parvat.com{/,/martin}