imap server comparisons

Jason Dixon jason at dixongroup.net
Fri Jul 23 14:56:28 UTC 2004


On Jul 23, 2004, at 10:53 AM, Ed Wilts wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:15:11AM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
>> On Jul 23, 2004, at 9:07 AM, Jean-Christophe Valiere wrote:
>>
>>> BTW, What is the way to register in the rpm db, a package that has 
>>> been
>>> installed with ./configure && make install clean ??
>>
>> You don't.
>
> You do :-)
>
> The rpm database is only for storing information on the
>> binary rpm packages installed on your system.  It has no support for
>> software installed directly from source.
>
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/
>
> "CheckInstall keeps track of all files installed by a "make install" or
> equivalent, creates a Slackware, RPM, or Debian package with those
> files, and adds it to the installed packages database, allowing for 
> easy
> package removal or distribution."

Ed, you're always full of useless^H^H^H^Hful information, aren't you?  
:)

Thanks for the tip.

--
Jason Dixon, RHCE
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net






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