Levi Bard wrote:
>>>> 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 with slack to have libaries out of date.....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?
1024x768 it is very odd..... Running Slack and Fedora in 1024 768 and
1280x1024 inside vpc with same settings....
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