On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 22:40, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > In a previous email Dr. Monkeynoodle spake thusly: > > > > "2 urpmi /the/rpm/you/got. " > > > > Is there an advantage to "urpmi"-ing it rather than "rpm -ivh"-ing it? > > > > It seems to me that urpmi is just a searching front end for rpm. > > just like an rpm is nothing more than a cpio archive I guess. URPMI has > the advantages most heavily in assuring that dependencies are > maintained, rpms are signed, and verified. however if you've done all > the leg work. You know that all of the dependencies are met and that > the rpm matches your distro. You end up in the same place.
I'll only add that using urpmi is more like "rpm -Uvh" than "rpm -ivh". -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to every- body is the 'most reliable Windows ever.' To me, this is like saying that asparagus is 'the most articulate vegetable ever.'" -- Dave Barry
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