up2date vs. yum
Michael D. Berger
m.d.berger at ieee.org
Tue Jan 10 14:53:00 UTC 2006
> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 22:07 -0500, Michael D. Berger wrote:
> > Which to use? The fedora web page recommends yum,
> > and it sounds yummy, but up2date blinks attractively.
> > What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
>
> up2date (or to be more accurate, rhn-applet) may blink
> attractively, but
> in FC4 its default (and most useful) configuration simply
> doesn't work,
> so it can't tell you whether your system is up to date or not.
>
> Yum is the thing being actively developed so I'd go for that.
>
> Paul.
>
>
If you look at other e-mails by me in the last day or two, you
may agree that my attraction to the blink may have contributed
to my having been turned into a pillar of salt. I think that
my next activity with fedora will be to recreate the universe.
Thanks for your help.
Mike.
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Michael D. Berger
m.d.berger at ieee.org
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