Re: Upgrade to Red Hat Linux 9 broke PostgreSQL

How much different *IS* one distro from another?

Network Administrator wrote:
> I've heard that about Debian and SUSE too actually.  It still (unfortunately)
> comes down to market penetration- even for open source.  I just tell folks to
> try our a couple of disto or OS' in general an see which one mates to your
> personality best...
> 
> Of course I am 3-0 in converting people from RedHat/Mandrake to Slackware. 
> 
> *grin*
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> Quoting Dennis Gearon <gearond@cvc.net>:
> 
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>>I heard that the debian rev system is MUCH better, but never got accepted 
>>because of the market weight of RH. Is this so?
>>
>>Network Administrator wrote:
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>>>When you say "forces upgrades" what do you mean?
>>>
>>>I might do things differently- I download the tarball, compile, dump and
>>
>>restore
>>
>>>my system.  I've never have Postgres **not** compile on my Slackware boxes
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>>but
>>
>>>I've had **tons** of issues with RPM disto's (I've consulted on RedHat &
>>>Mandrake personally) with even smaller packages things so I don't use it
>>
>>much.
>>
>>>Seems to me you should **always** be able to compile software.
>>>
>>>-$0.02
>>>
>>
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