Benjamin Sher wrote:
>
> Dear friends;
>
> Another suggestion to Mandrake:
Please, don't think I'm trying to be an ass in answering this, it's not
my intention.
> It would help immensely if users, especially paying users, had a full
> and complete list of all Mandrake rpms, either on the installation CD or
cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS; ls > ~/rpm-list
and you've got a list of all of the shipped packages. Need a list that
includes a bit more information?
cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS
for i in *.rpm; do
rpm -qpli $i >> ~/rpm-full-descriptions
done
> the rpm contrib, in fact, there should be, I believe, a full and
> up-to-date list of all rpms, programs, documentation, etc available in a
> separate constantly updated brochure.
Just not possible. Packages are updated and added to the contrib
sections constantly. Any attempt at tracking them with a static
document is just asking for headaches.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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