Subject: Re: mixing pkgsrc and distro packages under Linux
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@diora.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 12/25/2003 23:42:24
> It would be too hard to do. So it is not convenient for the
developers.
>
> Just because the libraries or various files are available, they may
> have
> been built using different options (some autodetected) that may make
> them
> be incompatible or different than the other software depending on it
> would
> expect.
Allright...
I though it would be very hard to do indeed.
Too bad, it looked like THE ultimate solution for Slackware miss of
packages.
Thanks.
Antoine