Michael W. Ryan on Mon, 3 Jan 2000 17:00:12 -0500 (EST) |
On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Darxus wrote: > rpm can install remote packages ? Do you have to find the package first > (url), or does rpm find it for you ? I support a few redhat boxes at > work, and finding packages is a pain. If I'm missing something, I'd love > to know. Yes, you just specify a valid FTP URL for the package name. No, it doesn't automatically find it for you. > apt-get install package1 package2 package3 > > And it'll install the latest version of each package you specify. I don't think this motif would work under the current RPM specification. By definition, the filename of a package has *no* significance. The package name, version, and release are all defined within the file (in the md5sum'ed part of it, I might add). Does apt-get rely on a database relating file names to actual packages? Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT | OTAKON 2000 mryan@netaxs.com | Convention of Otaku Generation http://www.netaxs.com/~mryan/ | http://www.otakon.com/ PGP fingerprint: 7B E5 75 7F 24 EE 19 35 A5 DF C3 45 27 B5 DB DF PGP public key available by fingering mryan@unix.netaxs.com (use -l opt) _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug
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