grendal Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Ok I give what are the differences between the following and when do you want to use these: 1, cooker - is this just a beta version? :? 2. srpms - source? rpms? what is different from a rpm? can you use it cross distro -ie redhat and mandrake? Is it better to use than a reuglar rpm? :? 3. ppc :? - I don't even have a guess on this- power penguin copy? 4. If you run mdk9.2rc2 can you use any of the above or is there something else? Just wondering. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendal Posted October 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 So I'm not the only one who doesn't know am I :!: :lol: Just when I thought I was understanding a few things, I started thinking about cooker, srpms, and ppc, and afew others I have no idea about. Now I know Im not alone :lol: or am I :?: :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tux234 Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 The cooker is the latest unstable release (Alpha or Beta) of MDK, a source rpm is a rpm that configure's its settings to your system's hardware, and ppc=PowerPC is a linux that works on Macs. The source rpm is good for getting things optimized for box (optimized=speed), I use them only for games though, since that is all you need really to have good speed. :wink: PS: SRPMs are a little bit harder to install than a RPM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodFlesh Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 the infos are in the docs... 1cooker is developement version. Beta yes. 2 yep source. Not compiled. rpm are compiled. 3 mac processor 4 9.2 rc2 is a snapshop of cooker 2 weeks ago. So ? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eric_Z Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 mac processor [nitpick mode] Actually PPC processors are used in quite a large numer of systems other then the Mac. Thought primarely in embedded devices (Cisco and GM are the largest purchasers of PPCs in the world) they are allso used in the Game Cube, in various servers and in other kinds of desktops. I might allso add that AFAIK Mandrake PPC Linux only works on Macs and not on any of the systems mentioned above.[/nitpick mode] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vande198 Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 How does one compile from srpms? Is it easier than compiling from normal .tar.gz files? Is there a way to compile srpms via urpmi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 How does one compile from srpms? Is it easier than compiling from normal .tar.gz files? Is there a way to compile srpms via urpmi? rpmbuild --rebuild <filename.src.rpm> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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