Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

[Zoltan Boszormenyi]

Les Mikesell írta:
> Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
>
>>>>>     
>>>>>> He was a bit tricky to
>>>>>> use chattr +i on /bin/login and some other progs.
>>>>>> BTW, although rpm complained that it cannot replace
>>>>>> those, why isn't it prepared for such scenarios?
>>>>>> RPM is made for Linux, it should certainly know
>>>>>> about special filesystem flags and handle them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> How should rpm handle it? Rpm has no way of knowing why the
>>>>>         
>>>> How?
>>>>
>>>> 1. be able to specify special flags in the specfile and apply them 
>>>> upon
>>>> install
>>>> 2. detect if the filesystem doesn't handle such specials and make note
>>>> of it in the rpmdb
>>>> 3. clear them before uninstalling or upgrading
>>>> 4. detect if it was modified, report it with rpmv
>>>>     (skip this check if the rpmdb indicates it, see 2)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>> Why? What would the advantages be? Do they overcome the drawbacks of
>>> rpm being able to change a file that you set the immutable flag on?
>>>
>>> Mikkel
>>>   
>>
>> Yes, see 3.
>
> What would be the point of having a special attribute if programs
> can just ignore it?

What's the point of having a package manager if you can
overwrite everything by compiling from source or delete stuff?

What's the point of setting the immutable flag on a binary, doc or data
file that might - and eventually will - be replaced if you upgrade its 
package?

What's the point of handling Unix/SELinux permissions by rpm
if you can simply chmod/chown everything?

I ran out of rhetoric questions. :-)

But your POV in the question above is wrong.
The point is to take advantage of something
where available. Actually, I have another rhetoric
question to back up my POV: what's the point of
supporting NX in the newer CPUs when you can
run the compiled kernel on older system where
the feature never activates?

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi