> Many people have this weird aversion to doing basic sysadmin stuff with Linux. What makes it weird is that it's really simple. Often easier than figuring out another deploy system.
While I agree with the articles main points - the GNU build system is far from simple. Basically an arcane syntax limited to unix-based systems and 5 or 6 100+ page manuals to cover.
It doesn't excuse it - but I think it's easy to see why people turn to curl | sudo bash as the author puts it.
While I agree with the articles main points - the GNU build system is far from simple. Basically an arcane syntax limited to unix-based systems and 5 or 6 100+ page manuals to cover.
It doesn't excuse it - but I think it's easy to see why people turn to curl | sudo bash as the author puts it.