On 12 Feb 2003 14:09:03 -0500 Lyvim Xaphir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rpmdrake in LM82 was very eloquent and I got addicted to it in record > time; all functions right there at your fingertips, including > update/install/removal/source configuration. I got used to using it > almost on a daily basis. Contrast this with 9.1, where you have > rpmdrake butchered into four seperate chunks, each one of which does not > allow access to any of the other pieces. To get things done you have to > go back to one of the other icons, which brings up a seperate > incarnation of rpmdrake doing the separate thing. In LM91 beta 3, to > duplicate the functionality of one LM82 Rpmdrake UI instance, you must > activate all four icon instances of rpmdrake listed in MCC. Then you > end up with four seperate windows, each one of which looks identical to > the other one except for the title bars. It's absurd. this was changed in 9.0 and I was quite disappointed it with it too, ttytt. the most important feature of 8.2's rpmdrake was that you could see... right there in front of you... what files it would put where if you installed it. with rpmdrake in 9.0 it's not there. I can't figure out HOW on EARTH to tell WHAT FILES a package installs so some rpms get installed and i end up NEVER USING them because I have no idea what it names the executable or where it puts it. perhaps there's a CL command to do this but manpages make my brain numb and i give up because it's like someone's speaking martian at me. so, since rpmdrake's become enigmatic, anyone know what command used to query a package BEFORE istallation to list every file it's going to install (and where) so i could, for example, out the output to a text file and read it first? (ie command [option] [pakcage] > files.txt) ?? Jerry. -- -- Registered Linux user # 300600 Registered Linux machine # 185855 at http://counter.li.org (¬_ //\ V_/_
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