[Gllug] Red hat 8 subscription
Tethys
tet at accucard.com
Wed Jun 4 15:36:53 UTC 2003
"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.
Tet
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