29 Jan
2003
29 Jan
'03
9:17 p.m.
On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 19:52, Mark Knecht wrote:
I think that those of us using the Planet did not, and
still do not,
understand this statement, especially the first line. In the context of
this discussion ("Why not Mandrake?" and because I am a user who knows
nothing, I wanted to understand if Mandrake has a better technology than
Redhat. If rpmi/urmpi (hope I have that right) solves problems that rpm
-Uvh doesn't, then I'm interested in that.
On question one:
The confusion is that I was implying that NON-RedHat users may have
problems with the Planet, and I didn't clearly state that. Sorry. They
may have old libraries, old versions of rpm, etc. Of course RedHat
users won't have this problem.
On question two:
Urpmi's sole purpose is to do the things that apt does (but better), and
rpm -Uvh doesn't (but should). We've had urpmi for years! I'm
surprised so few people have heard of it.
Glad the confusion is over as I had NO intent to disrespect RedHat,
Fernando, or PlanetCCRMA.
Austin
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Austin Acton Hon.B.Sc.
Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant
Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto
MandrakeClub Volunteer (www.mandrakeclub.com)
homepage: www.groundstate.ca