Encouraging the use of multiple packaging systems on one systems, and the resulting problems

[Mike MacCana]

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 18:34 +0200, Davide Bolcioni wrote:
> Mike MacCana wrote:
> 
> > Why should Fedora and Red Hat encourage installing software in a
> > non-standard method?
> 
> Forgetting about autopackage for a moment, /usr/local *is* a
> traditional place for administrator-installed software. 

On Linux, most administrators install software by RPM, and no
distinction is made between 'third party' or distro provided except the
Packager field.

Mike