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Robert Boehm wrote:
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>> [snip].....That's what I do on few systems: no real problems seen so far.
>> [which brings me to the very nice feature of apt that yum
>> (IMHO) is missing: one can specify repository precedence ..
>> I'm not sure if smartpm implements that concept too]
>>
>> Jarek
> 
> 
> Thanks, Jarek....this is VERY helpful...as I have been AWAY from the
> Red Hat/Fedora set-up for a while....I will evaluate and figure out what
> I want!  VERY helpful indeed...

Hold on: There are some serious apt disadvantages:

- apt (for RPM, I'm not talking about Debian apt here)
  is not developped anymore since Mandrake took over
  Connectiva Linux ...

- apt is missing bi-arch capabilities (so cannot really
  be used on RH/FC for 64bit archs - x86_64/ia64 - unless
  ALL 32bit compatibility packages are removed ...

Cheers

Jarek
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