I don't doubt that apt is good

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Post #124,647 by deSitter 11/7/03 2:50:57 PM Reply	I don't doubt that apt is good rpm works too, but I'm sure apt is "better". I'd still like to know how it knows what version etc. etc. Does it look in the binary? -drl
Post #124,648 by admin 11/7/03 2:52:49 PM Reply	Look it up. I don't care how it works. :-) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #124,710 by pwhysall 11/8/03 3:17:13 AM Reply	apt and rpm are not equivalent rpm's equivalent in Debian would be dpkg. [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/dwww?type=man&location=/usr/share/man/man8/dpkg.8.gz\|http://guildenstern....an/man8/dpkg.8.gz] (Did I mention also that Debian's documentation tools kick the living bahoomies out of everyone else's?) Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]

Linux annoyances - (kmself) - (29) - Nov. 7, 2003, 05:31:56 AM EST

You forgot printers. - (static) - (3) - Nov. 7, 2003, 06:13:09 AM EST

Printers: CUPS - (kmself) - (2) - Nov. 7, 2003, 06:57:56 AM EST

A lot of the drivers suck though. - (admin) - (1) - Nov. 7, 2003, 08:40:15 AM EST

Re: A lot of the drivers suck though. - (deSitter) - Nov. 7, 2003, 09:04:58 AM EST

Re: Linux annoyances - (deSitter) - (24) - Nov. 7, 2003, 09:03:33 AM EST

Re: Linux annoyances - (kmself) - (22) - Nov. 7, 2003, 09:51:52 AM EST

Re: Linux annoyances - (deSitter) - (19) - Nov. 7, 2003, 10:22:37 AM EST

Re: Linux annoyances - (pwhysall) - (18) - Nov. 7, 2003, 11:01:23 AM EST

Re: Linux annoyances - (deSitter) - (17) - Nov. 7, 2003, 11:21:56 AM EST

Mozilla 1.2? - (Yendor) - (5) - Nov. 7, 2003, 11:43:25 AM EST

Re: Mozilla 1.2? - (deSitter) - (4) - Nov. 7, 2003, 11:54:24 AM EST

Re: Mozilla 1.2? - (Yendor) - Nov. 7, 2003, 12:27:57 PM EST

Talk to me - (orion) - (2) - Nov. 7, 2003, 12:30:47 PM EST

Re: Talk to me - (deSitter) - (1) - Nov. 7, 2003, 12:40:54 PM EST

I'll send you some email -NT - (orion) - Nov. 7, 2003, 01:42:39 PM EST

Never been an issue. - (admin) - (8) - Nov. 7, 2003, 02:10:40 PM EST

Re: Never been an issue. - (deSitter) - (7) - Nov. 7, 2003, 02:16:51 PM EST

I don't care how. - (admin) - (3) - Nov. 7, 2003, 02:37:17 PM EST

I don't doubt that apt is good - (deSitter) - (2) - Nov. 7, 2003, 02:50:57 PM EST

Look it up. - (admin) - Nov. 7, 2003, 02:52:49 PM EST

apt and rpm are not equivalent - (pwhysall) - Nov. 8, 2003, 03:17:13 AM EST

How does it know? Debian packaging infrastructure. - (kmself) - (2) - Nov. 8, 2003, 12:22:09 AM EST

Thanks, very informative -NT - (deSitter) - Nov. 7, 2003, 11:28:03 PM EST

thanks for the link to Siobhan's paper - (cforde) - Nov. 8, 2003, 02:22:38 AM EST

That's a SuSE issue. - (pwhysall) - Nov. 8, 2003, 01:31:08 AM EST

Also... - (pwhysall) - Nov. 8, 2003, 01:34:41 AM EST

Linux is not Windows - (orion) - (1) - Nov. 7, 2003, 12:28:41 PM EST

Re: Linux is not Windows - (kmself) - Nov. 7, 2003, 11:23:37 PM EST

www.google.com/search?q=fontconfig - (pwhysall) - Nov. 7, 2003, 09:57:21 AM EST

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