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Re: RedHat vs Debian?



"allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx" wrote:
...
  >7.1 took about 4 hours. but it finally took debian! i've used apt-get to get
      > 
  >all the packages that i've needed (though apt-get is a bit klunky. for 
  >instance, i would much prefer it show me what i have that has an upgrade 
  >path, rather than everything in the world. maybe a choice of windows: a) wha
      >t 
  >i have; b) what i have the needs upgrading and/or has an upgrade; c) items 
  >that i could install that i don't have that may be usefull to what i have 
  >installed already (say a gui front end to ipchains, as way of example),  d) 
  >other items that i don't have, but are available (say i have a cdrw, but no 
  >cdrw software), and finally, e) everything else. 

dselect will do a fair bit of this, so long as you are careful not to hit
a key until you really, really mean it...and no keybounces either!

It sorts like this:
1. new packages
2. upgraded existing packages
3. not-upgraded packages
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