Re: many files, simple history

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 21:57, Ali Tofigh [off-list ref] wrote:

(i almost
always build from source code and install in non-standard locations).

It would make a lot more sense to use a package manager.

You might find that Arch Linux's `pacman' provides everything that you
need; it's really easy to define your own packages and build from
source, allowing pacman to manage dependencies, locate which package
owns which file, and upgrade/remove packages.

I bet gentoo's `emerge' would also be viable.