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Package management
From: |
Mark . Burgess |
Subject: |
Package management |
Date: |
Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:57:35 +0200 (MEST) |
I would like to ask about the RPM package management stuff.
I am not a big user of RPM, but I would like to try this
out now and see whether it can be done for debian packages too.
(getapt is a wonderful thing)
I wonder:
How does rpm know where to look for packages?
What if they are at a remote source?
Could the packages be downloaded in from cfservd?
If so, where should they go?
How are dependencies handed?
If this has been explained to me previously than I apologize.
I am wading through old mail, and working on "methods"
for 2.1.0... any help appreciated.
e.g.
Suppose I want to make sure that all hosts have tcpdump installed
and that requires the pcap library as a dependency. How do I
express that, given that the packages are all on a DVD...or
copied into some source dir.
Mark
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- Package management,
Mark . Burgess <=
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