On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, garrick wrote: <a bunch of stuff on mandrake and yum> It occurs to me that it would be very useful to have specific per-distribution suggestions (like this) for each distribution for which it is known that yum works, one goal being having a place where FAQ's can get answered offline. So, Garrick, with your permission I'm saving this reply and will digest it into the HOWTO in a per-distribution section somewhere. Unless you'd prefer to rewrite it yourself for inclusion with more formatting:-) When I actually get there, I may solicit some more input for other specific distributions of Linux and other rpm-ified OS's. rgb Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
