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

Mon Aug 22 13:39:21 UTC 2005
Timothy <timothy at jupiter.stcl.edu>

On Monday 22 August 2005 08:30 am, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 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 ?
>
I don't use the dag repositories via yum anymore.  The 'rf' packages have too 
many issues.
> 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