I use debian and i compile source all the time. Just, some people use
Debian because of laziness, or maybe they don't like/know how to compile
large programs like Exim.
I dunno, I like to tweak my software, but Debian does a great job of
tossing in vanilla libraries that would otherwise make installing, say,
Ximian, a real pain in the butt.
How can Debian 'officially' support a GPL product? What's to support?
What support?
It's just their way of saying 'if it blows up don't hate us, but it
should all be good.', so don't fear the testing section of your
apt.sources
On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 18:23, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> baptista@??? (Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira) writes:
>
> > I'm still forced to use exim 3 because debian unstable isnt supporting
> > exim 4 oficially yet. Thanks, PH
>
> "Forced"?
>
> Why does Debian make so many people afraid of compiling their own code, or
> of using anything other than eximconfig to configure exim, for that matter?
> :(
>
> This is not intended as a flame against Debian, which is doubtless a fine
> distro... but just because there isn't an official package, what stops you
> from compiling exim from source?
>
> You could just build a deb package for yourself if you want to keep things
> cleaner...
>
> -srs
>
>
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