Yep, it's a mandrake list, and I have been using RH or an rpm based
system since RH 4.2. I had previously used Slackware, and wow!, what an
improvement! I tried out Debian and it's derivatives Corel and Storm a
month or so ago and ended up coming back to Mandrake for the speed
optimizations and package availability. I don't have the bandwidth
currently to make an 'apt get dist upgrade' a feasible option (something
like a 25 hour download at 1.6-2.2K/s). But I really wish someone would
invent some way to get the features of the *.deb packages and apt
package manager using rpm's. Namely the ability to intelligently
determine what dependencies are needed and retrieve and install them
also (I've heard rumors that urpmi or grpmi can do this ?), and the
ability to upgrade from the current CD to the latest bleeding edge
(Cooker) w/ one command (o.k., I'd settle for two ;) ) , and most
importantly of all, i.e. I don't give a rat's behind about the others as
long as I get this one: The package system is intelligent to not screw
w/ your config files. Upgrading/updating the system to the latest
features, or just for security fixes, doesn't require hunting down your
config files, backing them up, hoping you got them all, and then
effectively doing a Hail Mary as you upgrade and hope you come out of it
w/ a functional system.
If there is a funtional way of doing using rpm, short of many hours
parsing man pages and tinkering w/ scripts, let me know. Why do I
object to putzing around w/ the scripts? 'Cause I like to _use_ my
system now and again, not endlessly play w/ the settings just cause I
can.
Thanks for your time,
Monte
Marcos Dione wrote:
>
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, vern wrote:
>
> > Check it out....fire up an IRC client and head to irc.debian.org
> > channel #debian. Then you can do an "apt: ipmasq" to have the channel
> > bot give you info on what ipmasq is and where to find docs. That's really
> > cool! It works for most packages.
>
> ok, it's VERY useful... if and only if you have DEBIAN... ur... is
> this the mandrake list?
>
> --
> "No tire sus colillas en el mingitorio, las humedece y
> las hace dificil de encender"
> "Do not dump butts in the wc. They dampen and it makes
> them difficult to light."
> --Tom Sharpe, "Wilt on high"
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