>>> But really... Its not that big a deal to me. I compile whatever I
>>> need against
>>> whatever libs the system has installed. They do not need to be replaced
>>> because I'm building from source... not installing prebuilt binaries
>>> compiled
>>> against libs I don't have on the system.
>>>
>>> Automake and autoconf my friend ;-)
>>
>>
>> Some applications require specific versions of libraries. For
>> example, Gnucash (or at least it used to). So, if half the libraries
>> on your system aren't bleeding-edge, then you have to rebuild half the
>> libraries on your system.
>
> Time to debunk so many stupid myths.... Very unusual these days with
> slack to have libaries out of date.....
I'm talking about a machine that runs for a long time and isn't
reinstalled every time a new version of slack is released.
> also with programs like
> Swaret
> Slapt-get
> and the list go on with orginal programs nad variations of Apt-get that
> updateing libaries with Dependency checking easily done. Personally
> Slackware is pretty up to date with it libaries. No it does not use
> unstable beta version unlike other distros I seen ( not necessary debian
> but others)
Yeah, I mentioned those earlier.
> I ran the debian xconfig program by running dpkg whatever still
> notwroking right where I am using exact values that I have always used
> with other distros in virtual pc. very wierd problem I am having with
> it.
Very odd. What shows up if you diff the nonworking one and a working one?
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