søn, 21.11.2004 kl. 19.12 skrev Andreas: > On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 05:05:22PM +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote: > > Additionally, since yum was written for rpm rather than ported to rpm, > > it's code base is much smaller. > > I call that short sighted :) > > > While it may not be true anymore, Apt use to do things kind of dirty - > > using its own dependency resolution and telling rpm to ignore its > > dependency resolution, thus yum was better integrated with rpm. > > Emphasis on *was*. apt-rpm doesn't do that anymore for a long time now. > > > Also - and you *may* be able to do this with apt, but I don't think so, > > want to install a group of packages you forgot to select at CD install > > time? > > > > yum grouplist > > That is totally distro-dependent. No need to have the package tool to implement > this separately. Just use meta-packages. > > For example: apt-get install task-profile-sambaserver > > Where task-profile-sambaserver is a simple rpm package with no files whatsoever > which exists just to pull in the right dependencies. > > > That will show what is available. > > apt-cache search task-profile > > > yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)" > > > > That will install the KDE Desktop Environment > > apt-get install task-kde > > > yum is really nice - and the current metadata yum has improved in speed > > signifigantly. > > I'm sure it is, and believe me when I say I'm not trying to tell you that > apt is better or worse: I'm just showing how the things you said are done > in the apt-rpm world. > > BTW, why doesn't yum stop when I hit CTRL-C to abort an update in progress? It stops download on *that* mirror - and switches to the next one. Just keep pressin'g control+c and wait. i *WILL* stop... Eventually...
