yum vs system-config-package

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Mon Jan 31 14:19:37 UTC 2005


Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:20:32 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>>On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 23:12 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
>>>On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:38:29 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>>>>Add/Remove packages (system-config-packages) gets confused once you've
>>>>updated packages to errata versions (e.g. by doing "yum update"). You're
>>>>better off just sticking with yum.
>>>
>>>Hello!
>>>
>>>That means yum and system-config-packages have a compatible problem ?
>>>What should I do if I want to install packages ? User Yum or
>>>system-config-packages ?
>>
>>I would just use yum if I was you.
> 
> 
> But why not make them sync. together?

That would the thing to do but at the moment there is a problem with 
system-config-packages, which is why I suggest sticking to yum for the 
time being.

In FC4 there may well be a yum-based tool that completely replaces 
system-config-packages anyway.

Paul.




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