back to Ubuntu 8.04

[Bob Hemus]

On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 17:03 -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> 
> > This is exactly why we have been using the OpenPKG portable packaging
> > systems since moving from Caldera to SuSE years ago.
> >
> > The OpenPKG system allows us to ignore the underlying distribution's
> > packages for most things including gcc, perl, php, python, even berkeley
> > db, *WITHOUT* replacing the distribution's versions thus not breaking their
> > on-line updates.  By doing this we have complete control over all the major
> > server packages, postfix, amavisd, clamav, apache, openldap, openssh, and
> > so forth without either waiting for the distribution's updates or avoiding
> > broken updates.
> >
> 
> That's an excellent idea. Would you care to open a new thread with
> more details about how you utilize OpenPKG?
> 
> Is OpenPKG as the name implies and open (FOSS) package?
> 
I'd sure appreciate such a thread.  With my ability, a rope would bd better.
Thanks,
Bob