[Gllug] basic rpm problem.

[Lee Blackwell]

> Actually Slackware's package management might use tar to store the
> files but it ISN'T just tar, you can install and remove packages, and
> it even tracks files owned by multiple packages so it doesn't delete
> shared files...
>
> Not only that but it has pre/post install scripts etc stored in the
> tar file....
>
> Yet you can untar it into a directory and you don't keep getting
> errors about what version of the package you're using like I do on RH.

That sounds very similar to the Solaris "package" format.  Isn't that how
many SVR4 package management systems work? Heh, does that mean SlackWare
is coming over to the "proprietary unix" dark side? ;-)

Lee

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Lee Blackwell
Unix Specialist, NCS, 3com IT.
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