[Gllug] Red hat 8 subscription

[itsbruce at uklinux.net]

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. 

-- 
Bruce


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