On 16/07/13 21:24, Yasha Karant wrote:
A query:
> it's my understanding that you ought to be careful about
> mixing packages from ATrpms and rpmfusion. They tend to cover similar
> areas of application. and individually do it well, but mixing does cause
> problems.
I agree with this, and, as rpmfusion seems to be working hard to be
compatible with "stock" EL, I shall discontinue use of ATrpms in so far
as possible. Hence:
Is there a mechanism to
(1) identify ATrpm rpms that are present on a system
(2) find if the same functionalities exist within rpmfusion
and thus, using (if possible) the Add/Remove Software GUI, disable
ATrpms as a source, delete all of the ATrpms rpms that meet (2) and
replace these with those from rpmfusion?
I don't want to appear to be advocating a flight from ATrpms here. I
used it happily for at least 8 years, and after moving towards rpmfusion
(because Axel seemed to be getting busier with other things and I
thought I should explore other options) I still needed an ATrpms kernel
module to get support for a fairly new tv tuner; rpmfusion's policies
don't let it provide that. Now I'm using an elrepo kernel. I'm not
clear how risky that is and I don't think I could use it with nVidia
graphics. I think, although I haven't tried it recently, that Axel's
builds would be needed to do both. I didn't see 'mixing' problems in
this scenario.
I know this isn't really a 'typical' use for SL, Perhaps getting OT.
Sorry.
John P
