[KLUG Members] Whaddya gotta do these days....

[Robert G. Brown]

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High silliness content, due to pilot error

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>> {additonal ranting removed}
>Thank goodness!!!  ;-)
We gotta show some restraint, you know... sometimes! :)

>>>>...I went to ibiblio.org and found what I wanted in about 4 minutes...
>>>> http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/
>>>>      redhat/7.3/en/os/i386/SRPMS
>>>I found it at redhat.com...
>>>ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.3/en/os/i386/SRPMS/
>>I discovered this link, and some others, but if you look at the 
>>contents of the directory, it's rather incomplete. I think the
>>ibiblio.org directory has a lot more content.

>I did a "dir" and it listed a bunch of files.
Well, a "bunch of files" ain't "complete"... what a loose reply! :)

>Can you give an example of a RPM that comes on Redhat 7.3, that 
>does not have a corresponding SRPM file in Redhat's directory?
I'm sure I can, if it all bears out.

>Remember that many SRPM files create multiple RPM files... 
Sure...Purely comparing apples to apples now, SRPM directories, only.

>> Sorry, it's not enough to have this directory,
>Sorry, but it's not enough to make such claims without any specific
>examples or proof.  (at least not enough to convince me)
Well, no need to apologize! :)

>>...I think some SRPMs are missing from the redhat.com directories...
>Proof please!
OK, it's coming...

>>I think Bruce frequents this site more than I.
>I don't frequent the SRPM directory very often at all.
I haven't seen you there! :)

I like SRPMs. I have a loaded compiler and make, and I know how to use
them. I tend to (more or less) compile things for a living. I've been 
fumbling with things that say stuff like "set up these parameters in 
these configuration files, and rebuild so-and-so, with this load library 
path, etc., etc. I also know the consequences of using versions of stuff
that are even a wee bit out of synch with what's already on this particular 
sandbox, so I'm reluctant to go to the project site itself (except in rare
cases, like it's really newer, or has some killer feature) to get the stuff 
direct.

>You may very well be correct, but for the Missouri people on this list,
>please SHOW ME specific examples to back up your outrageous claim!  :-)
Well, I'm from New York (but was in Missouri this year), and in this 
industry long enough that I don't believe much of anything any more, 
unless I'm shown it. My first observation was based on a fast impression, 
since I was looking for something very specific...

Outrageous claim indeed! I got the directories from each of the above
URLs, sorted them, and compared them. I am pleased to report that the
claim was indeed incorrect. Most probably I simply didn't wait long 
enough for the whole directory to download, or it quit early). Each 
directory has 814 files, and as far as I can tell, they are THE SAME.
  
There, PROOF! :)
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