It gets me too. How exactly does it run rings around RPM - quantify please.
Niall Sheridan wrote:
> 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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