Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions wrote:
>> It's package management runs rings around rpm
See, this bugs me. apt cannot be compared to rpm. rpm handles the
installation, removal and upgrading of packages. On Debian, the
equivalent tool is dpkg. apt is a tool that handles dependancies (and
otrher things), but it still hands off everything to dpkg.
Compare like with like.
Niall
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