On 6/21/07, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kam Leo wrote: > On 6/21/07, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Kam Leo wrote: >> > On 6/21/07, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> >> >> > >> Could someone please state the relative advantages and >> >> >> > >> disadvantages of the apt-get and yum installation managers? >> > It's a matter of preference. >> >> That's why I asked for objective information, like a features >> list, rather than "Which is better?" >> >> > Yum: Has least built-in features of the three package managers >> [...] >> > Apt: A well integrated product with more built-in features than yum. >> [...] >> > Smart: New kid on the block. Still in beta. Feature rich. First to >> [...] >> >> Thanks. That's the type of information I was looking for. I've heard >> some interesting things about synaptic, like one guy was going to >> install some software, and it wanted to remove quite a bit. It seems >> that synaptic has a more comprehensive "I manage your machine for you" >> design philosophy than some care for. > > > Not true. It could have just as easily been yumex or smart-gui. How can you argue with me about this, when I stated no preference, nor stated that I had observed it? Do you disagree that (1) I have heard this, or (2) that such behavior seems more comprehensive than some want. If you disagree with either of these, then I can point you to a thread on a Debian support group where I responded to a message stating (1), and wherein another poster stated (2) about himself, which vindicates the use of the word "seems".
I am not disputing that the scenario you referenced cannot happen. I am trying to correct the inference that this problem only happens when using synaptic.
> Dependencies vary with the package selected. Some are more entangled > than others. Remember the GUIs are front ends for the package > managers and all of the package managers are front ends for rpm. The machine on which this was observed was a Debian machine, and doesn't even have rpm installed on it, so it is not the case that "all package managers are front ends for rpm" You seem to be very argumentative. I want to collect information. I don't have any axes to grind. Mike
