Re: [Mingw-users] A packaging system for mingw32

"John van V." wrote:
> 
> I am involved in critical mission systems.
> 
> Tar.exe and a standardized file system are my package manager.
> 
> Use SSH for an example
> 
> 1) specify /opt/ssh for the install target
> 2) install it
> 
> then:
> 
> 3) find /opt/ -name bin -type d
> 4) use the output to create your binary path
> 
> Even better, install /opt/ssh.nnn where nnn is the verison number.
> Then link /opt/ssh to /opt/ssh.nnn, when you upgrade just change the link.
> 
> I make very good money doing very simple things.
> 
> Package managers, such as RPM only allow people to de-standardize file
> structures.
> 
> They should be eliminated.
> 

I have despised RPM since I first laid eyes on it, didn't much like
Debian's either.  Why complicate something so simple?  The best package
manager is a correctly created Makefile which is created with GNU's
autotools.

Earnie.

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