Paul Heinlein spake the following on 8/16/2006 7:56 AM: > On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Will McDonald wrote: > >> On 16/08/06, dennis <dennis at bulacan.gov.ph> wrote: >>> hi to all, >>> >>> im currently installing rrdtool-1.2.15 with my box CentOS 4.3 >>> final ,before i installed rrdtools there 2 files suggested need to >>> installed the FreeType >> Is there a specific reason for not using the RPMForge packaged >> rrdtool? >> >> [root at devmon1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep rrd >> rrdtool-1.2.13-1.el4.rf >> perl-rrdtool-1.2.13-1.el4.rf > > Also, on Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Jim Perrin wrote: > >> It's far better to stick with rpms on an rpm based system. This way >> all the other software knows about each other via the rpm database, >> and you don't run into missing dependencies, version conflicts, and >> other issues that like to creep up. > > To my mind, the advice given by Will and Jim is a two-edged sword: > > * Sure, using rpms on rpm-based systems is the surest path to > stability, success, long uptimes, and Johnny's new pony :-) Here is a pony for Johnny!!! ,-^, _ ___/ /\| ,:`( )__, ) ~ // // '--; ' \ | ^ ------^----^----- And he won't need to clean up after it!! -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!