Karsten M Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: KMS> On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 05:42:41PM +0200, Piotr Krukowiecki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: PK> I have installed apt on RedHat, it works ok (e.g apt-get update PK> && apt-get -d install sth) KMS> KMS> Using two different package management systems on a single system KMS> is a ***BAD*** idea. You are violating the fundamental advantage KMS> of either system: single-point, centralized coordination of KMS> packages and dependencies on the system.
It sounds like what he's actually trying to do is to install APT on a machine with good connectivity, and using APT in download-only mode to download packages to local disk. He then copies the files to some other medium, uses SneakerNet to bring them over to his machine without connectivity, and installs them locally. This is all well and good and reasonable, but I don't know how to answer his question. :-) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
