yum vs. up2date

J. Matthew Price pricejm at ntinet.com
Wed Oct 27 12:30:28 UTC 2004


up2date gets boggy because of network traffic to the download site that 
it chooses.  Which site up2date picks seems to change very often, thus 
up2date runs smoothly sometimes and slow the next...quirky.  Also 
up2date will verify package integrity...don't know if yum does.

linux r wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:54:37 -0400, James Kosin
> <jkosin at beta.intcomgrp.com> wrote:
> 
>>Fedora wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Can anyone give me some guidance on the pros and cons of yum
>>>vs up2date for keeping my system updated? The little red button
>>>on the task bar appears to use up2date, but yum seems to be
>>>referenced as the thing to use on the Fedora web pages. Is it
>>>just a matter of personal taste, or is there an argument for
>>>using one or the other?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I believe it is really a matter of personal preference.  up2date can use
>>apt, yum and directory archives to get updates.  yum is strictly yum
>>archives.  apt is strictly apt archives.  yum is more popular on this
>>list; although I personally like the flexibility of up2date.
>>
>>The best thing, stick with one and learn all the options.  This includes
>>all the configuration files and other uses.
>>
>>Good Luck,
>>James Kosin
>>
>>
>>
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> 
> 
> I have problems with yum sometimes.  Like if I say 'yum update
> packagex', it will update my entire system, or try to anyway.  That is
> the syntax from the man page.  I haven't seen what option turns that
> off.  Does anyone know if yum has a '--force singlepackageonly' type
> option?
> 
> Other than that, which is little more than a nuisance, I now prefer
> yum.  Up2date would always seem to get pretty boggy on me, even when
> updating just a few packages at a time.  I have not had that problem
> with yum.  I am wondering if yum naturally checks more sites than
> up2date does since I have not added any other sites for it to draw
> from.
> 
> Marc
> 




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