Re: deb vs. rpm

["Thorsten Manegold" <Thorsten.Manegold@stud.uni-regensburg.de>]

> It is done on a per package basis.  
So in that respect it's like rpm. No?

> 'apt-get install exim' will install
> all libraries that it depends on and
Doesn't rpm do that too?


> uninstall  all mta's that it conflicts
> with.
With or without asking?

> 
> 
> The .deb format is not just a package format it is a database of
> information about packages, namely version, dependencies, conflicts and
As far as I know that is the case with rpm too, isn't it?

> recommends.
That is not a feature of rpm as far as I know.

> 
> Thus when you upgrade your system, dpkg/apt downloads all software
> selected and dependencies, then sets them up, if there is a conflict it
> uninstalls what is conflicting, then after everthing is installed and
> configure correctly, it deletes the downloaded packages so that your
> system is not loaded down with .deb files.  
> 
> There is nothing like it in existence, it is the superior package format.
> Forget about popularity for a moment and think about raw technical
> superiority.  That is the debian format.  You will love it when you try
> it.  
I heard that it's supposed to be supperior. As a matter of fact that 
is the main reason for me to try Debian (I started out with SuSE and 
am still using it. However I don't like the way they package things 
as it's not compatible to rpm's that I find on the net since they 
aor usually for RedHat).

Where can I get a more detailed comparison?

TIA
Thorsten Manegold
 
> On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Thorsten Manegold wrote:
> 
> > HI!
> > Could someone please enlighten me to the differences in functionality 
> > between deb and rpm packages? I'm especially interested in 
> > dependencies. Is this done on a per file basis, so that each package 
> > has info, what files the program needs, or on a package(name) basis 
> > (meaning the packages contains the names of other packages that it 
> > requires).
> > Which behaves better during updates?
> > 
> > TIA
> > Thorsten Manegold
> > 
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