Am 08.06.2012 19:31, schrieb Andreas Meyer:
Reindl Harald <h.reindl@thelounge.net> wrote:
even for software with a handful of scripts -> on my servers and workstations NEVER get any software installed without a package and there are only two exceptions: VMware Workstation and ZendStudio
;-) I never ever built a rpm using sources since years. I always build and install from the sources
a good time to start again :-)
i missed to tell another benefit: you have to specify every installed file in the %files section, so you are aware of changes in any folder-structure, as long it builds wtihout complaining with a new source-version you can be pretty sure all is sane
this time virtualization is a real improvement
- build packages outside production environment
- provide local repos in the own LAN
- setup testing machins with real data
- test upgrades with real data
in this life i will never ever setup a server on bare metal without having VMware ESXi as backend (clone, snapshots..)