On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Andy Green wrote: > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > > a book i'm reading contains the sentence: > > > > "It remains to be seen whether Apt will become the preferred tool for > > package management for RPM users." > > > > i was unaware that that was even a possibility. is it? > > There is a port of apt that uses the rpm libs, so you couldn't get > rid of rpm in a direct way like that, even though typing "apt" would > replace typing "rpm". yup, that part i knew. > But your book is probably a bit out of date, ... 2007. > yum definitely has "replaced" rpm in the "what you type" sense for > most uses, even though it too has been using the rpm libs. But it > seems there is an intention to replace some or all of the rpm lib > implementation with a python one, so it may go all the way. i'm going to assume the author was being just a bit hyperbolic here, then. rday ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
