----- Original Message ----- > On 11/10/2011 11:11 AM, Greg Donald wrote: > > > RedHat needs to suck it up and switch to apt. > > Is apt a package format like rpm and deb? No, it's not. So, why does > everyone complain about "rpm vs. deb" package formats when what they > actually have an issue with the package management tools.
apt is the term loosely referencing all the tools around deb packages. Part of what made Debian a better distro than RH based ones was getting the dependency list known and published. Then building tools around how to make sure you satisfied all the dependencies when you asked for a single package to be installed or upgraded. Debian tools also helped you pick up third party packages pretty easily and still maintain your list of proper dependencies and how to solve them. >From having also needed to take known packages, tweak them, and re package >them, I have enjoyed the tools around the deb package format. The caveat here >is I have only ever torn apart RPM's to get at the files inside. Never have I >needed to put an RPM back together. What my complaint usually is about, goes a bit deeper. I know there are those who like SysV style init systems and those who like BSD style init systems. Well the configuration of RPM based systems seems to follow similar routes and DEB based systems go a slightly different route. Having been a Debian user for so many years now, every time I have to use a RPM based system and do anything other than be a user, I get annoyed at how it is laid out. Examples from my latest run through Scientific Linux, CentOS clone; Why should I have a different config file for each of the network devices? Debian does plenty alright with a single network config file. Editing things in /etc/sysconfig that could just as well been handled in the normal applications config file seems annoying as all hell. Apache is Apache, not httpd. If it runs as apache user and such, why rename it to httpd. How many people really want the old, ancient vi instead of vim? Why even still maintain a vi only version? Probably more on my why list, but I keep trying to get out of the sysadmin work for SL. -- Steven Critchfield [email protected] -- 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
