2009/9/12 Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 09/13/2009 03:17 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > >> >> Does it use rpm as the back end? I thought synaptic is an exclusively >> dpkg/apt-get front end. > > It uses apt-rpm in Fedora. > Forgive my ignorance here Rahul, but does that mean apt-rpm does what yum would do? Would it work with the usual set of the repositories for fedora? And if I use synaptic do I still get to use yum on the command line? I also came across the home page for apt-rpm[1], it seems the project has been abandoned. An article on wikipedia[2] says the lead developer has moved on to develop smart, which he considers as the successor to apt-rpm. [1]http://apt-rpm.org/ [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apt-rpm -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
