I'll take up the challenge (since I've got some time here)!
Paul Lussier opined:
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>You keep mentioning "the Debian repository". I'd like to point out
>that what the sources.list file *usually* points at is not just a
>repository or collecition of sw that has been packaged up in .dep
>fashi
You keep mentioning "the Debian repository". I'd like to point out
that what the sources.list file *usually* points at is not just a
repository or collecition of sw that has been packaged up in .dep
fashion. Rather, it is actually a mirror of THE DISTRIBUTION itself.
My point is that Debia
On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
>> So, the problem is not with RPM, per se, or even with Red Hat. The
>> problem is that the paradigms of the two approaches are fundamentally
>> different.
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> While I agree with this completely, it seems there should be a way to
> take the dependancy find
Sorry, but I need to make this a 'hit-n-run', as I'm pretty busy
today.
But, for those of you so equipped, take a look at the way Xemacs
does this. There are some semi-automatic hooks, which can be adjusted
by the user, to go out to several well-known places on the Internet
to obtain updates of
In a message dated: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 22:03:00 EST
Benjamin Scott said:
> So, the problem is not with RPM, per se, or even with Red Hat. The
>problem is that the paradigms of the two approaches are fundamentally
>different.
While I agree with this completely, it seems there should be a way to
On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
> What I don't understand is why rpm doesn't do this to begin with.
I have actually given a fair amount of thought to this, and it occurs to
me the reason is the nature of the distributions.
The mindset behind Debian appears to be that the distribution
