On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 00:01, Aaron wrote: > On -2471-Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 06:28:50PM -0500, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > spake thus, > > My mixed sarge/sid system has worked very well for me, with minimal, > > surmountable issues. Certainly less than I had when trying to > > upgrade RPM-based systems. > > This is a repeated reply, but I had to add that I actually have an > RPM-based system (it's RedHat Valhalla, or 7.3 for the > digit-using-folk), and I must admit that the RPM format is an > admirably HORRIBLE package management system. Unless you really want > to use RPM for EVERYTHING (and that's really hard to do on a desktop > machine where you need... Hmm... Flexibility?), your dependencies > immediately get screwed up, not to mention RPMs thinking they're > installed when they're not and not letting you uninstall them. In my > experience, it's a mess.
Shoot... My system was pure RPM, and I couldn't upgrade KDE 2.2.1 to 2.2.2, no matter how much I deinstalled or tried to compile from SRPM. -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA | | | | "Man, I'm pretty. Hoo Hah!" | | Johnny Bravo | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
