Re: apt (was: Re: [Plug] redhat 6.1 insllation)

[Mental <mental@neverlight.com>]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 02:01:07PM -0500, Charles Stack wrote:
> It seems the packages they provide are the security/bug fixes listed in the
> appropriate errata section.  Update Agent looks at what you have installed,
> sees what is available, and then goes after whatever it needs to do the job.
> It seems to handle any special installation/upgrade installations
> transparently to the user.

The problem with this, is that you're limited to the packages that shipped on the
cdrom. The nice part about apt is there are a multitude of third party packages
availalble/added on a constant basis. Non free packages like ssh2 and free utilitys
like grip. They're all there and queryable on the debian home page. 

Mental
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