Fred K Ollinger on Tue, 9 Apr 2002 15:02:16 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Redhat up2date


> > OK I added and remove anonftp, no problem.
>
> OK.
>
> Now, apt on Debian gets it's packages from one central Debian server (well, set of servers). Where does apt-rpm get it from - rpmfind? Or somewhere specific to the distribution it runs on?

Also, you can run apt-proxy in debian to run your own server. You can even
make a server that just has .debs that you like.

You can use apt-spy to check all servers in the world and find the fastest
one for you.

If someone out there would make a mirror for apt-rpm, it would help.
apt-rpm is really slow. It is nice, though. The animations (due to a flag
in rpm) is nicer than apts (scrolling #s).

Also, sometimes things are updated faster in apt-rpm, but not always, and
they don't have the sw that one needs all the time. I like it b/c I like
apt, though.

Fred


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