On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 18:53, Buchan Milne wrote: > John Goerzen wrote: > > Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>>In one months or two you're doing: "apt-get update; apt-get -uy > >>>upgrade".I can see :P > >> > >>We have 'urpmi.update -a; urpmi --auto-select --auto' (I have this in > >>cron), and it gives me more than Debain does, unless Debian has XFS+ACL > > > > > > This is an honest question, not a troll: can you explain to me in what > > exact ways the urpmi command is superior to the apt-get commands? > > > > Nothing really, besides the fact that perl-URPM or urpmi are used by > many of the Mandrake tools to provide transparent software installation > to the user when configuring services that need software installed, > usuallly prompting the user with a question as to whether they want the > software installed. > > urpmi is probably not as good as apt, but the sum of the parts > (perl-URPM, rpmdrake, printerdrake, XFdrake, drakwizard etc) add up to > alot of really useful tools. What's the discussion here? It isn't useful for us!
I can expose some Debian tools that do the same as: libapt-pkg-perl, aptitude, gnome-apt, debconf(perl), cdebconf(The C *port* of debconf code being used in d-i, the new installer). And now, we can stop with this discussion about "apt x urpmi" ! Please, -- Gustavo Franco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
