[ale] was : Suse or Red Hat? Soft etc

[James P. Kinney III]

some will, some won't. Suse and RedHat has some incompatibilities that
make using rpm's for one platform not work with the other in too many
cases to ignore. Get the .src.rpm's and rebuild the binaries to dodge
that issue (mostly).

It still won't work since they sometimes rename or split up or merge
packages as they choose.

On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 15:49, Zyman, Andy wrote:
> the Idiot's question:
> and all these rpms, generated ( i assume probably incorrectly ) for RH, will
> they work for SuSe as well, or i need to look for specific packages? Never
> used Suse so forgive my lamer's questions.
> AZ
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dow Hurst [mailto:dhurst at kennesaw.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:49 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Suse or Red Hat? (yes, yes, i know here we go
> > again...)
> > 
> > 
> > Ordering off the SuSE store gives a quick turnaround via UPS 
> > or FedEx.  
> > I prefer SuSE so far due to similarities in startup scripts to IRIX.  
> > They both use a SysV style startup.  Also, the latest SuSE 
> > 8.2 is very 
> > polished and works well for people not versed in the command 
> > line.  That 
> > fact makes my life easier for supporting users.
> > 
> > I am very interested in understanding how to upgrade and downgrade 
> > software right now.  I need to downgrade gcc from 3.3-23 to 
> > 2.96 or get 
> > them to live side by side.  If I could apt-rpm gcc2.96 and it 
> > would do 
> > what was needed, I would jump for joy.
> > Dow
> > 
> > 
> > Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> > > Preston Boyington wrote:
> > >
> > >> I am not farmiliar with Suse, but it seems that other than 
> > ordering 
> > >> it (I
> > >> don't mind buying) all I can download is a LiveCD.  Does their FTP 
> > >> install
> > >> work well?  (Please be aware that I live in a broadband neglected 
> > >> area of
> > >> the South.)  Also, if buying, where is a good place to get a deal?
> > >
> > >
> > > Drew, who frequent's this list, has successfully downloaded 
> > a boot.iso 
> > > which will permit you to do a network install of SuSE.  I've never 
> > > done it.  I've got SuSE 8.1 personal, 8.1 pro and 8.2 pro.  I 
> > > purchased the 8.1 stuff at Compusa when they had a sale on 
> > them in the 
> > > paper.  SuSE 8.2 pro, I purchased online as an upgrade from SuSE.
> > >
> > > I would not try a network install if you don't have broadband 
> > > connectivity.
> > >
> > > I've seen copies at Border's books and just this weekend at 
> > > Microcenter.  I didn't price either though.  I think Best 
> > Buys carries 
> > > it too, but I'd not bet a beer on that.
> > >
> > 
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