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> > If you happen to have "rpm" in your path. Which I'm fairly sure I don't.
> > I know *exactly* where to find and how to use tar, though.
>
> I'm sorry, what is your point? If you have a redhat setup then it is
> significantly easier to maintain and manage than a slackware setup.
> How many slackware-based machines do you manage? Looking after more
> than 2 is a real hassle.
My point is: I don't really care what the name of the distribution is. I
like to know what's going onto my system. I don't have ARMLinux - it
won't support my hardware. All I know is that if I wish to examine,
and/or use the contents of part of distribution, then I know with
absolute certainty (without even thinking about it) how to extract a .tgz
and how to control which directory it goes in and so on and that I can
trivially create them on any UNIX system.
I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with any particular
distribution or install system. What I am saying is that a particular
benefit of .tgzs is that it is *obvious* what you can do with it.
I might also suggest that the system used by NetBSD, IMHO: (a) couldn't be
easier (b) quite definitely uses .tar.gzs. (And we note, doesn't require
a boot floppy of any sort, although it probably won't work as a solution
to the 4Mb problem.)
David.
PS - Please can we start a comp.dist.tar.advocacy newsgroup?? ;-)