apt vs yum

[Tim Wunder]

On Thursday 12 August 2004 10:22 am, someone claiming to be Chong Yu Meng 
wrote:
> James McDonald wrote:
> > I hate the "header" download yum does. It seems to take forever and
> > the apt one is quick.
>
> I'm using yum for my FC2 system, and, yes, the header download takes
> forever if I point to repositories overseas (i.e. outside Singapore).
> When I found one repository here, that problem was solved real quick !
>
>

According to Axel Thimm (maintainer of ATrpms.net, a Redhat/Fedora rpm 
repository), you cannot downgrade with yum. So if, for instance, you are too 
aggressive with removing old kernels prior to fully testing a new one, yum 
can't be used to re-install an older one. Apt, however, is capable of being 
used to install an older package. 

So there's at least one advantage that apt has over yum (not counting the GUI 
front-end synaptic).

Tim

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