On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Greg Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don't understand everyone's fascination with Ubuntu :P > > Not really fascinated myself, just need to get work done. It has apt, > so I'm pretty sure I'll never end up in any sort of package dependency > hell like with rpm. That's not a fun fight to fight.
Well, it does have those problems, too, usually between releases when some package maintainer sees fit to move one or more files between two different packages. After years of dealing with those issues, I'm now able to know how to remove a package temporarily, upgrade, then re-add the package if I still want it. Exactly the same strategy can be deployed on an RPM-based distribution. Don't think that apt is immune from package dependency hell; it isn't. -Tilghman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
