Package/Build-From-Source Management

[David Abrahams]

Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> writes:

> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:28:17 -0400
> David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, I hate to say it, but it's no wonder people struggle with
>> Linux.  I don't think I've ever had a Linux system where the package
>> management system didn't end up in some horribly wedged state from
>> which I couldn't figure out how to recover.  There's gotta be a better
>> way of doing this stuff.
>
> Seems to work fine here...
>
> If you go outside the package management system, of course, then you are
> venturing into territory that requires you to have an understanding of the
> possible consequences.

I have had problems when strictly within the package sytem, and
certainly have been strictly within the package system for the past week as I
have done this:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=194455&highlight=abrahams

> In general having things installed in /usr/local should not affect the
> package manager "per se", but you can't expect apt, dpkg and friends to
> know what's there unless you tell it ( hence for example checkinstall ).
>
> There's a menu editor include under Accessories for your custom commands
> or to add entries for packages that are not yet fully compliant with the
> freedesktop specs. 

I don't understand how editing a menu can possibly keep my packages in
order.  Maybe I'm misunderstanding the meaning of "menu" here?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com