imap server comparisons

Ed Wilts ewilts at ewilts.org
Fri Jul 23 14:53:38 UTC 2004


On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:15:11AM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
> On Jul 23, 2004, at 9:07 AM, Jean-Christophe Valiere wrote:
> 
> >BTW, What is the way to register in the rpm db, a package that has been
> >installed with ./configure && make install clean ??
> 
> You don't.  

You do :-)

The rpm database is only for storing information on the 
> binary rpm packages installed on your system.  It has no support for 
> software installed directly from source.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/

"CheckInstall keeps track of all files installed by a "make install" or
equivalent, creates a Slackware, RPM, or Debian package with those
files, and adds it to the installed packages database, allowing for easy
package removal or distribution."
 
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Ed Wilts, RHCE
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