[Gllug] Red hat 8 subscription

[Jason Clifford]

On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Martin A. Brooks wrote:

> 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.

There are facilities within the rpm packaging system to handle such 
matters in that you can write pre- and post- scripts into the package to 
achieve this functionality. 

Jason Clifford
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