Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932559AbZKDRjA (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:39:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932489AbZKDRi6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:38:58 -0500 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:37554 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932414AbZKDRgu (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:36:50 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Mikulas Patocka Cc: "Ryan C. Gordon" , Alan Cox , =?ISO-8859-15?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: package managers [was: FatELF patches...] In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:40:02 +0100." From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <1257103201.2865.6.camel@chumley> <20091102000147.424f104b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1257356198_3622P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:36:38 -0500 Message-ID: <14723.1257356198@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 128.173.14.107 turing-police.cc.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Mirapoint-IP-Reputation: reputation=neutral-1, source=Fixed, refid=n/a, actions=MAILHURDLE SPF TAG X-Junkmail-Info: (0) X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=vivi.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020204.4AF1BBAB.027F,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2009-07-29 21:33:33, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=multiengine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1184 Lines: 35 --==_Exmh_1257356198_3622P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:40:02 +0100, Mikulas Patocka said: > - With Windows installers (next - next - next - finish), even a > technically unskilled person can select which version of a given > software he wants to use. If the software doesn't work, he can simply > uninstall it and try another version. Theoretically. There's this little detail called "DLL Hell" though... (And one could reasonably argue that it requires *more* clue to resolve a DLL Hell issue than it does to fix the equivalent dependency issue on Linux...) --==_Exmh_1257356198_3622P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFK8bumcC3lWbTT17ARAnUCAKDMEoQ+tlGoeQsl6GQMxSF+WszFDwCffA+E COlY3FWxRotPt3Zr+fvRhho= =NTsN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1257356198_3622P-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/