On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 23:27:17 +1000 James McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote: > > >On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 18:25:36 -0500 Michael Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Could somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong, or is RPM a Microsoft > >>conspiracy to make Linux look bad: > >> > >> > >> > > > >I love it! Will file this away. RPM, like any other software product, has > >syntax that must be learned. That being said, any package manager that does > >not do dependancy resolution is borken, from my perspective. > > > > > > > So that raises a question. What application can replace rpm and provide > dependency resolution? > > Suggestions anyone. > As far as I know, there is no hope for RPM based distros. gentoo (portage), debian (apt-get), slackware (suaret), or the xxxBSD (ports) are the only possibilities that I'm aware of. I failed to mention the other borken problem with RPM. RPM insists on looking at system libraries only from the perspective of a spec file instead of detecting the existing libraries, so RPMs have to be designed for a specific distro. With this particular flaw, I find it amazing the the LSB has accepted RPM as the package manager to support! -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
