On Saturday 15 May 2004 21:19, BenEBoy wrote:
version 6? I didn't know version 5 was out. While I remember, I've been meaning to ask a LFS related queston for ages...
The reason I got rid of it and installed debian was because it was too much hassle trying to keep packages up to date (security-wise). I came up with the idea of making a script that will keep the versions of currently installed software in a file (or a database or whatever) and ftp into the appropriate servers and compare the version numbers as a chron job. I abandoned that as being a nasty hack of the highest degree. Can anyone suggest another solution?
Quoting from the LFS5.1 book:
"If you wish to keep track of which package installs what files, you may want to use a package manager. For a general overview of package managers have a look at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/introduction/ pkgmgt.html. And for a package management method specifically geared towards LFS see http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/ more_control_and_pkg_man.txt."
The second of these is a 23-page printout that goes way over my head. On a 'need to know' basis Debian's apt is a far better match to my requirements.
-- G