On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > perhaps a silly question, but when i want to find a RH-based RPM that's > not part of the standard distro, my first stop is typically rpmfind.net. > however, what i usually find there are recent RPMs built for mandrake, > suse, conectiva, etc. every distro but red hat. the RH RPM is almost > always a few micro- releases behind, if it's there at all. > > case in point: aide. i went looking for this IDS tool, and there were > RPMs (binary or source) for mandrake, suse, conective, PLD, but nothing > for red hat. > > am i misunderstanding the point of rpmfind.net? should i be checking > rawhide first? can anyone clarify the optimal search order? thanks. > Possibly, rpmfind only knows about things in the context of itself, which is as a repository. Take a look at rpmseek. It takes more of a Google approach to knowing about rpms by providing a search engine and links to rpms in the world. http://www.rpmseek.com/index.html Another alternate is rpm.pbone.net http://rpm.pbone.net/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
