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Maybe I'm privileged then, because I got used to downloading software written for Linux and not necessarily getting it to compile without a few tweaks for my sp
by Periodic 17y ago
Maybe I'm privileged then, because I got used to downloading software written for Linux and not necessarily getting it to compile without a few tweaks for my specific setup. It taught me my way around the OS and really helped me learn how to cleanly administer a system.
It really makes me appreciate a good package management system.
- frossie 17y agoWe support 3 million lines of code on every flavour of Linux, 32 and 64 bit architectures, as well as Mac OS X and Solaris (we use the Gnu auto tools). I think the portability problem is over-stated.
- c0t0d0s0 17y agoPerhaps because portability wasn't just an afterthought in your development.
- frossie 17y agoWell yes and no (the codebase originated as VMS-only). The point is that going to Gnu tools helped us solve the problem, it didn't create the problem (as the OP was implying). And this is the thing - the complaint seems to come down to "ensuring portability is hard in divergent environments" and the answer is "that should not be the sysadmin's problem, that should be upstream's problem". Up to upstream whether they want to deal with the pain up front in the design, or patch it as it comes.