Hello. I have two questions that I would appreciate some advice on, if
anyone has time. I'm running slink with a 2.0.36 kernel.
[1] I'd like to try `gawk' instead of `mawk' (currently
installed). But `mawk' can't be removed by dpkg since basefiles
depends on it. Is apt smart enough to handle this situation? That
is, if I try to: apt-get install gawk will it do the right thing?
[2] I'd also like to install a package to help me keep 3
directory-systems (a small data-base that I maintain) on 3
different machines in sync with one another. I gather that both
`rsync' and `mirror' will do this. Is there anyone who can give me
a sense of what the pluses and minuses of the two programs are?
`Rsync' seems to be much smaller.
Thanks very much for any advice,
Jim
