Alvin Oga wrote:
in my book, there is no significant advantage to make-kpkg + dpkg
Except that dpkg is the standard tool for Debian. Once built for that it is trivial to get from one machine to the next. If we're talking kernel compiles on Debian that's why it is better. Why am I on Debian? aptitude, apt, dpkg. Why would I manage every other piece of software using tools instead of the old tgz/make/make install and then revert for this one portion? Not only that but once ya learn the commands it is far more trivial to manage and move around. I don't need to know which directories to tar, they're in the dpkg. I don't need to worry about updating lilo/grub, that's part of the install process. I can compile here on my 2Ghz machine and install there on my 200Mhz machine with a minimal number of commands
If this isn't about kernel compiles on Debian that all is that it moot. However since this is the Debian user list I do tend to start from a few preconceptions. dpkg + apt is better than tgz + make. If it weren't then I question why anyone who did not feel that way is using Debian instead of Slackware. :P
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