Warren Togami wrote:
apt and yum are generic tools which can download, install and update
packages from an arbitrary source. fedora.us was one of many sources of
3rd party packages for Red Hat Linux. freshrpms.net is another.
Ah, I see, that makes sense. I need to get out more.
That is not a 100% requirement, but Fedora could not guarantee
compatibility with packages from other sources. Chances are however
that maybe 95% of packages from elsewhere work fine though.
The sign that says "we cannot guarantee compatibility" was more of a
warning than a rule for users who want simplicity by avoiding breakage.
I was confused by an article I read where the user pretty much gave up
because of errors. I tested it on my machine, no problems, so I see
what you mean.
In response to a problem I was having with version issues between RH 7.3
and RH 9 ( that RH 9 has some functionality "dumbed down" to remove
liability for distributing software that uses things like mpeg, etc ),
Warren mentioned that the full user versions could be downloaded and
installed using fedora and a 3rd party server. What 3rd party servers
are availble?
These are easily found with Google. Please do not ask me to point the
way.
Well, not so easy for me. I'd already tried google, but the results
were too ambiguous. I'm probably phrasing the question to google wrong,
but I'm new to this apt/yum thing, so it's difficult to work past that.
Yes, the old Fedora at fedora.us currently has all RH updates as well as
updates for its own packages whenever they are released. The fedora.us
project will continue operating for several more months while the new
fedora.redhat.com project is forming.
Sweet.
Thanks for your time,
-Charles
