On 28/02/07 10:05 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: <snip> > chmod, ar and tar. rpm's need a special tool. Now, why is this > important at all? Well, think of a classified environment, where > you do not want to rely on the packaged tool to help you with > forensics; but you have a trusted solaris box. > A unix system without cpio? RPM is essentially cpio with a specified header format. <snip points 2 and 3>
> > 4) Debian packages may run binaries at install and un-install times. > I am not sure if this is a major plus. > RPMS can run binaries from pre and post install sections. This is not a major plus, and in some environments can be a major minus. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
