Yet another package manager

[Net Llama!]

On 12/23/2004 04:39 PM, Michael Hipp wrote:

> 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

The more recent versions of RPM tell you which package will satisfy the 
dependencies.  I know this is the case with RHES-3 and FC3.


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