Re: All packages ... again.
Hi...
I have to agree with Renai...
I'm speaking in terms of Linux as a Server... not a workstation....
but I find it alot easier to have only the programs that I need....
Makes troubleshooting way easier...
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Renai LeMay" <renail@ausisp.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: All packages ... again.
> Dario,
>
> This is all just what I think :) Anyone feel free to tell me I'm wrong :)
>
> If you want some advice,
>
> Installing everything would create a horrendously unstable debian system,
in
> my opinion.
>
> There are just some packages that_don't_work_together, ie if you install
> them, that will create conflicts that will cause your system to stop
> functioning at a basic level. That's why we have package dependencies - so
we
> can tell what should be installed at the same time as another package -
and
> what shouldn't.
>
> For example, if I remember correctly, if you install debconf and
> debconf-tiny, they conflict with each other. There's really no point to
doing
> it! You can't use them both at the same time.
>
> In my experience, the debian package management system is intelligent
enough
> to tell you this, whereas the redhat one isn't.
>
> Renai
>
>
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