[CentOS] Why shouldn't I expect more of CentOS/Linux?

[Karanbir Singh]

Timothy wrote:
> On Monday 22 August 2005 07:37 am, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> 
>>In any case, if you would be willing to share simply how you got
>>dvd::rip working, that would be a great start. Was it an RPM install or
>>using a tarball?
> 
> Tarball is best.  Always gives you the most control.  RPM is simpler, but you 

I disagree, a Tarball also gives you no reliable upgrade / update 
options. If you have a problem with the way .rpm was built, grab the 
src.rpm and rebuild to suit yourself. Going tarball should be last resort.

> For centos4 create a freshrpm.net FC3 repo.

hummmm, I've had way too many issues with FC repo's on EL Distro's that 
I no longer consider that to be a real option - nothing for a newbie who 
dosent understand repo-management completely.

> yum install perl-Video-DVDRip
> 
> Resolving dependencies
> ...Dependencies resolved
> I will do the following:
> [install: perl-Video-DVDRip 0.50.18-1.1.fc1.fr.i386]
> I will install/upgrade these to satisfy the dependencies:
> [deps: xvidcore 1.0.2-1.1.fc1.fr.i386]
> [deps: libfame 0.9.1-1.fr.i386]
> [deps: libdv 0.102-1.1.fc1.fr.i386]
> [deps: vcdimager 0.7.14-4.1.fc1.fr.i386]
> [deps: mjpegtools 1.6.2-1.fr.i386]
> [deps: transcode 0.6.12-3.1.fc1.fr.i386]
> [deps: a52dec 0.7.4-5.fr.i386]
> [deps: libavc1394 0.4.1-2.fr.i386]
> [deps: gtkglarea 1.2.2-16.i386]
> [deps: ogmtools 1.4.1-1.1.fc1.fr.i386]
> [deps: libquicktime 0.9.3-1.1.fc1.fr.i586]
> [deps: libdvdread 0.9.4-4.fr.i386]
> [deps: subtitleripper 0.3.2-1.fr.i386]
> [deps: lame 3.96.1-1.1.fc1.fr.i386]
> [deps: libglade 1:0.17-12.1.i386]
> [deps: libdvdcss 1.2.8-2.fr.i386]
> [deps: lzo 1.08-3.fr.i386]
> [deps: Gtk-Perl 0.7008-31.i386]
> 
> You will notice that the version of dvd::rip is 0.50.18 not the latest 0.52.6.  

Wait a minute. Have you actually ever tried this on a CentOS4 machine ?

Dag has dvd-rip in his repository, but did not build for EL4 the last 
time he ran through a build cycle. I'll look at the buildlogs later in 
the day today and see what the issue really was.

If you can wait for a _day_ then getting it from dag's repo is going to 
be the best option.

- K
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