On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 05:47:13AM -0000, dbneeley wrote:
> > I do agree that for most new users the Debian-based distributions tend to be > less of a problem than those still clinging to the RPM system. Although Red > Hat has claimed for a few years now that they are working on a replacement > for RPM that handles dependencies better, so far nothing has been forthcoming. > Not arguing for or against Deb based vs. RH based. However, yum is, IMHO, probably comparable to apt as far as being a front end for rpm as apt is to dpkg. It handles dependencies, gives you ways to work around them, and has one nice featuer that may or may not be in apt, the "provides"--for example, if you try to build a package and get libwhatever.so.5-1/2 not found, you can run yum provides */libwhatever.so.5-1/2. It will then search its database, and come back whatever packages may provide this particular library. At any rate, at this time, I'd have to say that yum does do quite well at handling dependencies. Not perfect, it can have problems here and there, but of course, so can apt. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Buffy: I lost a friend tonight and I may lose more! The whole world may be sucked into hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?! Let me take this opportunity to NOT care! ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
