Yes. I second that. apt-cache is very useful. apt-cache policy is good too.
On Nov 7, 2007 6:07 PM, Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 03:59:38PM -0500, G. Matthew Rice wrote: > > Someone commented last week that we should be testing more than just apt-get > > for the deb side of the exam. > > > > My questions on that side are, should we: > > > > 1. test awareness of the apt-* tool set? > > 2. test ability to use the apt-* tool set? > > I find apt-cache very useful, at least apt-cache search and apt-cache > show. apt-cache showpkg is also great for figuring out dependancy > things. > > > 3. dump dselect? :) > > Yes. It is deprecated entirely. aptitude is now the recommended tool > to use (apt-get * can be directly replaced by aptitude * today). No > debian admin would ever consider the use of dselect anymore. > > > On the RPM side, we aren't testing an equivalent to apt-get. Should we add > > in yum (or something else)? > > > > Someone (Bryan?) also commented that the yum level could be justified in > > moving to LPIC-2? Does anyone else feel this way? That would lead me to > > think that apt-get should be moved to LPIC-2, as well. I know. The > > horror. I use apt-get 50-100 times for every once that I use dpkg. > > dpkg is low level and should only be needed for special cases. apt-get > or aptitude (or synaptic if you think using X for administration makes > sense) is the right tool for the job. > > > Or did I misread that comment? > > -- > Len Sorensen > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev > _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
