On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 10:04 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > Alexander Bergolth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The only problem I see when using (only) file dependencies, is that some > > rpm-repositories don't have dependencies on files included in their > > index. E.g. it's an option to "genbasedir" when creating an apt-repository: > > > > -------------------- snip! -------------------- > > --bloat Do not strip the package file list, needed for some > > distributions that use non-automatically generated > > file dependencies > > -------------------- snip! -------------------- > > > > So when trying to install the kernel-module using apt without having the > > corresponding kernel installed, apt won't be able to suggest the > > appropriate kernel. (If the kernel is part of a repository that was > > built without the --bloat option.) > > What about yum repositories? (Or is that the same thing?)
They're not the same thing and yum (rpm-metadata) repositories include all of the file dependencies and therefore can solve for any/all file dependencies. Moreover, apt-rpm in current development can use yum-repository metadata instead of the apt-only format. -sv _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel
