Re: [ILUG] APT for RedHat - what you need to know

From: John P. Looney (valen at domain tuatha.org)
Date: Fri 27 Sep 2002 - 12:57:03 IST


On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 12:19:32PM +0100, Ciaran Johnston mentioned:
> All this apt stuff sounds cool, but the question I have is does it ONLY
> update the RPMs I have installed?

 Yes. At least "apt-get install upgrade" does.

 However, if netscape is replaced by mozilla, "apt-get dist-upgrade" will
remove netscape & install mozilla.

 I really don't think those RedHat people are going to start saying

 "sendmail obsoletes qmail" etc.

John



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