"Vox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 3. Why is urpmi's list so big? when you do "apt-get update" you get a
> 1.44meg file, when you do "urpmi update" (or whatever the command is...haven't
> used urpmi in ages due to the damn size of the depfile) you get an 8+meg file!
> why? can't this be fixed?
>
> Vox, who'd love to leave apt behind for urpmi, but can't because 8meg
> vs 1.44 megs is a significant thing on dialup
One difference between rpm and deb is that rpm dependencies are also based on
files contained in the packages, not deb. That means that if you install a new
packages that need /usr/bin/yaviscool, if you are on a rpm based system and that
one of the installed or available package contains this, it will work, but if
you are on a deb based system and this file is not provided by any package, even
if some packages contain it, it will fail.
--
Warly
