Is YUM superior to Synaptic ?? (was synaptic evolution)

[Paul Howarth]

On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 22:53 -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
> > > The most popular repositories are already entered into the smart
> > > configuration files. The release version is set for FC3. A user just needs
> > > to uncomment the disabled ones to get the desired setup. So why would
> > > anyone point smart at FC2 repos?
> > 
> > For the same reason that the OP's FC3 system is looking at FC2 repos, an
> > accident.  Or not realizing that it didn't get updated after you did an
> > upgrade.  Take a look at the archives, it isn't an uncommon problem.
> > 
> > --
> > William Hooper
> > 
> 
> Those are typically yum or apt users upgrading from previous versions.
>  Majority of posters are not aware of smart.

You're missing the point. At some time, someone, for whatever reason
(e.g. upgrade from FC3 to FC4 but forget to update repos in smart
config) will point smart at a set of repos for an older distribution.
The question is: what will happen as a result of that? Hopefully nothing
too bad!

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>