[Gllug] basic rpm problem.

[home at alexhudson.com]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 03:42:23PM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > Debian's apt/dpkg isn't really that much more advanced than (u)rpm if at
> > all. Have you tried urpming an update?
> 
> dpkg isn't much more powerful than rpm.  apt is streets ahead of update
> or rpmfind.  apt even works *with* rpm, if you get the Conectiva
> version.

Straw man. I wasn't comparing apt to update or rpmfind; I compared it to
urpm, which is at least comparable, and arguably better. dpkg isn't in any
sense more powerful than rpm either, rather the reverse.

Cheers,

Alex.

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