> I consistently see this complaint, and it really rubs me wrong. Why > does everyone compare rpm to apt? Wouldn't rpm to deb be the correct > comparison, and then compare yum to apt?
Yes - rpm is a file format. apt, yum, package-kit and various other tools then install rpm and or dpkg files. There are a couple of fundamental architectural differences between the rpm and dpkg format in design - the big ones are the way it handles (or doesn't) overlapping binaries for multiple architectures. The other is the religious viewpoint about whether packages are permitted to interact with the user as installed (dpkg) or after only (rpm). This all being related to things like automatic installs/rebuilds ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
