On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 08:46, ne... wrote: > On Nov 8, 2003 at 23:28, Bret Hughes in a soothing rage wrote: > > >Didn't I read some where that fedora was going to be apt and yum > >enabled? Was that only for the betas/rcs? what are folks who have been > >using apt for previous distros doing? > Probably, no, I now use yum and up2date. > > > >Has up2date been enhanced to use alternative repos and mechanisms? > Yes. > > >I guess I can build an apt repo from the cds for Fedora like I have for > >7.3 that use to locally update my machines at the office and in the > >field but that seems like a PIA for a single test box. I just installed > >apt from atrpms but the only rpms I could find are for rh9 any probs > >with these? > No clue. If you check your /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file, you'll > fine clues as to how to add apt and yum repos. Work is ongoing > behind the scenes to make apt, up2date and yum use the same header > info so you could use any client to access the rpms. > THanks for the tips guys. I have never used up2date so I guess I get to see what all the fuss is about. of course now that I have apt running, I will probably install it using apt-get install up2date :) Bret Bret
