[ale] apt-rpm is awsome

[James P. Kinney III]

up2date can keep 1 machine current. Then using autorpm or autoupdate,
one can keep a whole fleet of rpm-based boxes current with little or no
intervention needed. As up2date stores it's downloads, the other apps
can simply be pointed to the /var/spool/up2date directory. It will need
to be shared out with http or ftp or (gag, hiss) NFS. Although NFS can
be shunted through stunnel for security.

On Mon, 2002-06-10 at 15:11, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-06-10 at 14:44, Chris Ricker wrote:
> > On 10 Jun 2002, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> > 
> > > Here's a little tip for any of you who are like me--you use RedHat, but
> > > have no ready answer for your Debian using friends who rave on about
> > > apt-get and how cool it is.  I have found the answer.  
> > 
> > Alternately, you can set up your own Red Hat Network using current
> > <http://www.biology.duke.edu/computer/unix/current/> and then use up2date.  
> > The advantage is that up2date has a better interface than apt for some
> > things (such as installing random new packages w/o knowing already the name
> > of what you want to install), and also offers a GUI if you're into that sort
> > of thing....
> 
> Neat.  I didn't know about this one.  It looks useful.
> 
> Does up2date have a command line version?  I've always assumed that it
> didn't because when i run it it opens up a window....(testing)... hey,
> it does!  Cool.  So if I only care about one machine I can use up2date
> just like apt-get.  Nice.
> 
> I'd love to see a comparison b/w apt, up2date and urpmi.  What are the
> relative strengths and weaknesses of each?
> 
> Thanks for the tip.
> 
> -Michael
> 
> 
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