[wellylug] Re: Debian/Ubuntu as cruelty?

[Jim Cheetham]

On Aug 18, 2006, at 6:54 PM, Jethro Carr wrote:
> ALL PACKAGE MANAGERS ARE INFERIOR TO THE TARBALL!!
>
> tar -xkjvf mypackage.tar.bz2
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make
> make install
>
6 months later, security upgrade required ...

tar -xkjvf mypackage-2.tar.bz2
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! API Changes!!!!!

:-)

-jim