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[Rich Walker]

itsbruce at uklinux.net writes:

> On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 04:36:53PM +0100, Tethys wrote:
> > 
> > "Martin A. Brooks" writes:
> > 
> > >Re. the dpkg via rpm (the tool) debate, I don't think they do the same 
> > >thing so any comparison is flawed.  rpm does not and cannot cope with 
> > >package configuration issues.  It dumps files to disk provided it think 
> > >dependancies have been met - it provides no upgrade path for configuration 
> > >nor migration for data.
> > 
> > Rubbish. RPM can do all of that with various combinations of %doc, %ghost,
> > and pre- and post-install scripts.
> 
> Erm, quite.  That's been so from very early on. 

The surrounding culture for dpkg/deb's is very different for that of
rpm's. A deb that will go through lintian unscathed is either a fairly
respectable implementation of policy, or a talented spoof - either way,
the packager has thought about the issues.

RPM's do *have* these features, but one of the reasons I personally
migrated to debian was that there was no indication that these features
were being used in the wild.

The main one, though, was the Social Contract.

cheers, Rich.

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