apt-rpm vs. apt4rpm

[Tim Wunder]

On Saturday 16 August 2003 9:45 am, someone claiming to be Michael Hipp wrote:
> Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
> > What do want to do:
> > - use the apt tool as a rpm packet management utility
>
> I just want to use apt to update my systems and install new software.
> Everything I've read makes it sound very superior to just attempting it
> via rpm.
>
> > package from http://freshrpms.net, partly as a replacement for the
> > up2date tool to keep my Redhat 9 system uptodate.
> > apt-rpm, as I understand it, is similar to this, but I have never used
> > it.
>
> I didn't realize the freshrpms.net tool was different than apt-rpm. One
> more thing to look into.
>

I didn't think it was... I use it to maintain my RHL 8.0 system, and AFAIK, 
it's plain ol' apt-rpm. Could be wrong though...

> Does apt preclude the continued use of RedHat's up2date tool?
>

No, but you'll need to execute up2date -p to update the package list on RHN. 
Also, if you do what I did and install kde-redhat.sf.net's KDE packages, 
they're named differently. So RHN will think KDE will need to be updated even 
when it doesn't. I have that problem with kde and gaim. The more current 
packages that I have installed are named differently than RHN's, so RHN will 
think they need to be updated.

Of course, if you add an updates source for apt-rpm, you should get the 
updates, wihtout having to invoke up2date, and contact RHN.

HTH, 
Tim

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