From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter S Galbraith Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:05:12 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20021224000512.7D97042A8A@mixed.dyndns.org> References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <56cfb0e3.0212041458.5eab182a@posting.google.com> <061220020416350201%ajanta@no.spam> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> <5l65u0i8zj.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220022053507599%ajanta@no.spam> <121220021419243187%anil@null.invalid> <161220021502038001%ajanta@no.spam> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040688376 21327 80.91.224.249 (24 Dec 2002 00:06:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 00:06:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18QcaM-0005Xf-00 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 01:06:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18QcaL-0003gR-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:06:13 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18QcZf-0003U5-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:05:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18QcZO-0003Gx-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:05:17 -0500 Original-Received: from adsl-61-220.globetrotter.net ([142.169.61.220] helo=mixed.dyndns.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18QcZN-0003EW-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:05:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mixed.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mixed.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D97042A8A; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:05:12 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Ajanta In-Reply-To: Message from Ajanta of "Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:59:18 GMT." <161220021502038001%ajanta@no.spam> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.0+cvs; nmh 1.0.4+dev; Emacs 21.2 X-Face: "#bYm%*(4JuXAkouMxaLz|M2dbXUFnQ"IRX)zpsiM"(B}`#|_b548$VB}5L&VIck1F#FNc' rsASk0?-/gFp2qzM>0]`Jc}Qd<8[l)N7{8%qMN~{|DS.ME.$ X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4982 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4982 Ajanta wrote: > Lee Sau Dan wrote: > > > 'man rpm', if you're on a RedHat or SuSE system. > > As you could perhaps guess from the Newsgroups line, the specific > systems we were discussing are Mac OS X and BSD's. Or we could discuss > all Unix-like systems in general. They don't have "rpm". From your > statement, it would seem it is not even a Linux syandard, just > something that comes with two packages? Doesn't mean one needs to reinvent it. It's free software. But I've said this before, and others think that something simple will be better than the status-quo.