On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 07:55, Charles Lockhart wrote: > Warren Togami wrote: > > apt and yum are generic tools which can download, install and update > > packages from an arbitrary source. fedora.us was one of many sources of > > 3rd party packages for Red Hat Linux. freshrpms.net is another. > > Ah, I see, that makes sense. I need to get out more. > > > That is not a 100% requirement, but Fedora could not guarantee > > compatibility with packages from other sources. Chances are however > > that maybe 95% of packages from elsewhere work fine though. > > > > The sign that says "we cannot guarantee compatibility" was more of a > > warning than a rule for users who want simplicity by avoiding breakage. > > I was confused by an article I read where the user pretty much gave up > because of errors. I tested it on my machine, no problems, so I see > what you mean.
If you are referring to Joe Barr's article and the conflict with Ximian, that is a long standing issue with Ximian where many months ago they released XD2 for RH9 in such a way that totally breaks apt. Despite a large amount of complaints and even admission that it was their fault, they haven't fixed the situation yet. We were a bit disappointed that Joe Barr, a well respected OSS columnist gave up so easily on that article too. yum still works with Ximian though. Warren