debian has such a system, I have been playing with the debian source install system that is a part of apt.. it's very good. and it builds packages that you can use to distribute to clusters of identical systems, or, if you would realize that local compiling doesn't make a sigifigant difference in application preformance.. especialy with a generic ports system Thank You, Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > Or - somebody could implement a ports collection very similar to that of > FreeBSD :) > > Tom Veldhouse > veldy at veldy.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ^chewie <chewie at wookimus.net> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 1:28 PM > Subject: [TCLUG:19247] A proposal for Debian... > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org