YUM Advantages: Better mirror and failover support. Supports multilib on dual 32-bit/64-bit systems (x86_64, PPC?, etc) (My opinion: YUM repositories are much easier to create on demand.)
Let's add:
Cache can be shared between multiple machines to conserve bandwidth. I've got /var/yum/cache nfs mounted to a central server for all of my yum'd boxes. For a local network, this saves internet bandwidth, at the cost of some update speed. But at 4am, who cares? :-)
YUM Disadvantages: Wastes considerable bandwidth downloading header (.hdr) files.
Which is why the central shared repository is great for multiple local machines. For similar configs, headers are only grabbed once.
APT Advantages: Can remove entire trees of interdependent packages.
So can yum. Try yum remove httpd (don't say yes) as an experiment.
-Rick -- Rick Johnson, RHCE #807302311706007 - rjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx Linux/Network Administrator - Medata, Inc. PGP Public Key: https://mail.medata.com/pgp/rjohnson.asc
