[CentOS] Compile vs. RPM
Benjamin Smith
lists at benjamindsmith.com
Tue Jan 10 02:35:38 UTC 2006
I find that the maintainers of the RPMs (at RedHat, and by reference, CentOS)
are much more punctual in updating their stuff than I am. So, I prefer to use
RPMs whereever possible.
To do it all yourself requires constant vigilance and I'm a busy guy...
In combination with yum, I'm almost never out of current; a problem I always
had in the past. There are still a few things I have to compile and manage
with checkinstall, but they are few, now.
Viva RPM and yum!
-Ben
On Monday 09 January 2006 00:18, Mickael Maddison wrote:
> Hello CentOS,
>
> I'm an old hat, and have been compiling my own MySQL, Apache, PHP,
> OpenSSL, ModSSL, etc. for my webservers for years. I'm playing around
> with the RPM installs on CentOS, and have basically been able to get
> most things setup so that they "function" about the same.
>
> If I could stick to RPM's rather than compiling my own sources, it
> would save me a fair bit of time, but of course, it would limit the
> customization benefit. what I'm wondering, is if anyone on this list
> has any good reasons why one method would be better, more secure, etc
> than the other. I'm tempted to start using RPM's instead of compile
> sources.
>
> Comments appreciated, thanks.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Mickael
> mailto:centos at silverservers.com
>
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