Jaroslaw Polok wrote: > Robert Boehm wrote: > >>>[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 On the yum end, with the 2.4 yum it has plugin capability. One of the yum plugin's that we have is yum-protectbase I don't think this is totally like apt's repostiroy precedence, but what it does is you can say 'This repository trumps all others' Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group __________________________________________________