Re: [mostly-OT] apt-get on RH, is it worth anything? (was Re: Debian: abandon ship?)
I use apt-get on my Red Hat servers that need auto updating. I dont trust
RH Network. It has broken at least a dozen servers that I know of, none
of them are mine of course. You can get a really great implimentation of
apt-get for Red Hat at http://www.freshrpms.net.
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On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Glen Lee Edwards wrote:
> On Thu 06 Jun 02 15:45, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 12:48:15PM -0600, user list wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > | The reasons I like [debian] are:
> > | 1. apt-get
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > | I'll note in passing that the first reason has lost some edge now
> > | that RH 7.3 comes with apt-get and that there are ports to older RH
> > | releases.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >
> > Is apt-get on RH 7.3 actually usable?
>
> Red Hat isn't likely to seriously support apt-get. They're pushing
> up2date, which updates your computer for you. It's free for the first
> computer you sign up for, but there's a fee for additional computers.
>
> I tried up2date on one server. It never worked. It sometimes
> downloaded the files I needed to update, sometimes died during the
> download, kicking out an error message. Rarely were any of the new
> packages installed. The install process usually died due to dependency
> problems.
>
> Based on my experience with Red Hat's automated update process, I would
> never trust it on a production server.
>
> Glen
>
>
>
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