On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 00:09, seth vidal wrote: > On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 18:45, Jose Borges Ferreira wrote: > > Debian has that for a long time. And now Conectiva have ported the > > wonderful APT :D > > > > Just give a look at http://apt.freshrpms.net/ . It does what you > > describe : "packages as you need". > > > > With alternatives intruduced in 7.3 this will work even better. This is > > very powerful beacause you'll have a package call mta which can be > > provided by sendmail,postfix,qmai,exim,etc and combining that with an > > application that automaticlly satisfy your dependencies this will be > > great > > > > Does apt handle file-dependencies and obsoletes in rpm? File dependecies yes . Obsoletes i'am not sure. I noted that apt for rpm does't get rid of unused packages as well as debian does. But never had real problem with mass install,remove and upgrade. I even upgraded from 7.2 to 7.3 with a simple "apt-get upgrade" ( after changed my apt.source file ) . J. -- "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat."
