On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 12:46, Clay Fandre wrote: > This makes me appreciate apt-get that much more. ;-) > > Anyone try apt-rpm yet? > http://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/scripts/apt-rpm.html Yup. it works o.k. for small things. Like if you're sitting at a box and realize you don't have netcat or some such. But I wouldn't recommend something like "apt-get install exim" or something else with virtual depends. I ended up hosing up my package database. It wasn't unfixable, but it wasn't fun either. > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Ben Stallings wrote: > > > Last night I tried to use Mandrake 8.1's software update feature to download > > and install a security update to the kernel. I found the program to be very > > unsatisfactory: it didn't tell me the names of the files it was downloading > > or give any indication of how long the download would take. Then the files > > didn't wind up downloading all the way but the program tried to install them > > anyway, so I wound up with half old kernel modules and half new kernel > > modules and the machine wouldn't boot. When I got it up and running with the > > emergency floppy disk, there was no PPP support so I couldn't try the > > download again! And of course the installer's update mode doesn't fix the > > kernel, so I had to reinstall. :-< > > > > What alternatives are there to this Software Update program for Mandrake > > users? I know I can find rpms on rpmfind.net, but only if I know what > > they're called, and I like the idea of the software letting me know when > > updates are available... but if I can't trust it, I won't use it. > > Suggestions? --Ben > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Ben Lutgens Sistina Software Inc. Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020110/9b800d59/attachment.pgp