[K12OSN] rpm rebuild problem

[Les Mikesell]

On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 09:58, Andy Rabagliati wrote:
> > 	this might be a bit off-topic, but here it goes: apt-get failed
> > with bad rpm database, so i tried to run rpm --rebuilddb. here is what i
> > get for my efforts:
> 
> If you want an apt-like tool for an RPM-based system like K12LTSP, I
> thoroughly recommend yum.
> 
> I think apt is bolted on to rpm, and does not always work great.
> 
> yum on the other hand uses all the python stuff that rpm uses, and
> is thus better integrated.

There is not that much difference in the way they work - which
is a good thing in that you can alternate between which you
use. Apt runs the actual rpm program for some jobs where yum
uses the library routines and yum will default to installing
new kernels while apt makes you do that separately. They both
use the rpm database and will have the same problem if it
is locked or corrupted.

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  Les Mikesell
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