Yet another package manager

[Michael Hipp]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> Then again, I've heard
> something about package- versus file-based dependencies...  I guess I
> have a lot to learn yet.  "And miles to go before I sleep..."

I'm no expert on this subject by any means, so anything I say is open to 
correction ...

That out of the way, I'm convinced that DEB is superior to RPM for this very 
reason.

When trying to install an rpm with a missing dependency it tells me which 
*file* it is missing. It's usually something intuitively obvious like

   libjkhlgkfj.so.x.3.8.9-4.384-a.4.9

As if I'm supposed to know where to get such a monster. And the developer had 
that lib on his machine and doesn't even know it and who knows where he got it 
from originally. In any case my only hope is a long night of googling trying 
to locate this prodigal son.

When a deb is missing a dependency, it tells me it needs the package 
lib-fubar-perl or somesuch. Which most likely is in a repository near to where 
I got the first thing. In any event, the fact that the dependency is a 
*package* means the deb packager had to actually think about where the 
dependencies come from.

Now somebody can straighten me out ...  ;-)

Michael