Adept and apt-rpm

[Matthew Flaschen]

Kelly wrote:
> On Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:42 pm Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> I'm new to this list as well as BLAG, the Fedora-based distribution that
>> primarily uses apt-rpm, so hello everyone.  I'm wondering, what do
>> people know about the use of Adept with apt-rpm.  I see a recent post
>> (http://web.mornfall.net/blog/adept_2.2_on_fedora.html) indicating it
>> has been compiled for read-only use, which would already be useful to me
>> (I use KDE, find Synaptic annoying, and mostly use apt-get on the
>> command-line for actual installations or removals).
>>
>> Matt Flaschen
> 
> At some point when I'm bored and have nothing to do, I was going to work with 
> Adept and add support for rpm/yum to it.  I can't say much about rpm/apt, 
> because I'm not really familiar with how apt works.

There is already apt-rpm, which allows you to install, remove, and 
upgrade rpm packages using apt-get.  That's why I don't think it should 
be That Hard TM to get Adept to do the same.

Matt Flaschen