From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ali Tofigh Subject: Re: many files, simple history Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 12:25:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Michael Witten X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri May 14 18:26:37 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCxie-0000tM-PR for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 14 May 2010 18:26:37 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755631Ab0ENQ0P (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2010 12:26:15 -0400 Received: from mail-qy0-f171.google.com ([209.85.221.171]:44610 "EHLO mail-qy0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753992Ab0ENQ0O (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2010 12:26:14 -0400 Received: by qyk1 with SMTP id 1so3461690qyk.5 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 09:26:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=D1sgogqmXPbsrF8GN8QBmwq76Ii3BGCb6CCj2XKzFYY=; b=Lq6H7Dg7iHFQSdpqicN9RPlURANHxAR0/2kPn9408LigV3/ZiuQDVM5XnkqHBalwzo S6WC1sUz80YqdpCSKySiUxIqCveazMKBAUywKY7e3ZjueAyn2LRyEZ2UJsqK3mflbAMG WM5kYEafW+JheiwigLRCTqmhpJFN36/sORNGI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=aRc5Nz2Y0XwwzKjhbcm1Zrusenk8Mmw+dIMLEaH1jNLDH+ch6PsB7hqiWicYRafRPk zNiUx0ieNrBbQe7VlIme63hKK6Qqrr7r0WTSWM9DGLV6/4YqdzP+WLQFNPo/MKslqH+t WcKsk0/0mTNivU32BBnr8cLstoGSFffsZyygk= Received: by 10.224.53.91 with SMTP id l27mr723200qag.352.1273854372277; Fri, 14 May 2010 09:26:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.51.84 with HTTP; Fri, 14 May 2010 09:25:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 23:27, Michael Witten wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 21:57, Ali Tofigh wrote: >> (i almost >> always build from source code and install in non-standard locations). > > It would make a lot more sense to use a package manager. you're probably right, but if i want to keep up with all my everyday obligations, then i have to chose my battles carefully. for many tasks, there are specialized tools that can be used, but these always come at the expense of having to learn them. and if those tasks aren't performed on a daily basis, then i don't stand a chance at remembering what i've learned and i have to relearn them over and over again. /ali > > You might find that Arch Linux's `pacman' provides everything that you > need; it's really easy to define your own packages and build from > source, allowing pacman to manage dependencies, locate which package > owns which file, and upgrade/remove packages. > > I bet gentoo's `emerge' would also be viable. >