Use up2date vs yum - why?

[Paul Howarth]

akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 09:29:20AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
>>I use FC2, so the question is resolved for me. But I suppose
>>I'll eventually go to a later version. While it was available
>>for me, I used up2date, with the little icon on the "taskbar"
>>(or whatever it's called in FC). I had no problems with it.
>>In fact, it appears to be a GUI to yum.
>>
>>So, why do I see messages here promoting yum over up2date?
>>IOW, what advantage does yum have for someone simply wanting
>>to update his packages?
>>
>>Mike
> 
> It is a matter of taste. Since you have discovered it is really the
> same program I would choose the on that suits your temperament.

up2date and yum are not the same program. At least, they weren't up 
until FC4. In FC4, up2date calls python modules from yum to handle 
repomd style sources (which are the default for FC4). The code for 
handling other types of repos (e.g. RHN channels, apt, old-style yum 
[pre FC4]) is entirely separate code.

The best reason for using yum in FC4 is that it works more reliably than 
up2date.

Paul.