Ralf Corsepius wrote:
On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 16:59 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:25:51 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
Note, however, that Apt-RPM is a dead end support-wise, and you are
encouraged to switch to Yum. Also see http://rpm.livna.org/ where it has
Livna is ill-advised.
So?
Where would be the point in providing and maintaining a separate Apt
repository (and additional meta data) if there is no such official
repository for Fedora Core and Fedora Extras?
livna is not connected to FC nor FE :=)
It not only increases the
repository maintenance requirements at rpm.livna.org (even if somebody
automates things with scripts),
Using the right tools, the amount is close to zero ;)
it also creates a second point of failure
for users, who access the rpm.livna.org repository.
And has anything changed with regard to "ExcludeArch: x86_64 ppc64"
and Apt's upstream maintenance?
No, but ... has anything changed in RH's packaging? apt is able to
support SuSE's packaging on 64bit platforms:
see ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/apt
Has anything changed in yum not being able to process:
* yum remove libgcj
* yum remove eclipse
The reason I recommend Yum is because based on my personal experience, it
works most of the time for me, for normal "update" and "install" mode.
Try "remove", it doesn't work in many cases.
I never liked Apt and its less user-friendly interface (genbasedir,
apt-cache, install -f suggestions and the various invocations).
That's your personal preference, mine is substantially different.
Just try:
yum install eclipse
yum remove libgcj
At this point you would appreciate having "apt-get -f"
Ralf
Personally, I use the synaptic front-end to apt. The graphical
interface has helped me identify and correct several duplicate version
situations, and it makes finding and installing new packages a snap.
I've tried yumex, but it doesn't even make it out of the gate. Yum is
fine for ordinary install/update but for cleaning up the mess left after
a product upgrade or a failed experiment with a mismatched repository,
you've got to have a graphical interface.
Cheers,
Gordon Keehn
