And lo, upon Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 02:44:51PM -0400, Gabriel Phoenix spaketh thusly:
> First I don't believe Ximain, *itself* is the solution since it is
> sub-distribution of Redhat, that is, it is not always compatible. This I
> learned from personal experience. Yet, Ximain does show there is a valid
> need for easier installation. Once again I believe it should be
> fundamentally incorporated into the rpm program concept than implemented
> at the distro level. Why? Ximain binaries are not always compatible with
> other distros. This will only result in more "branching".
>
>
I haven't tried apt-rpm, but if rpmfind (the command-line client) would ever
work properly for me, that would be a great solution, since I use the
webclient to find almost all the rpms I'm looking for.
The problem with "solutions" like Red Carpet is they are not flexible enough
even for non-power users, since there are many cases where custom (that is,
non-distribution) rpms confuse Red Carpet so that it either can't install
packages, or wants to remove a bunch of packages you already have installed
for some reason.
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Aaron Gaudio prothontar @ tarnation.dyndns.org
http://tarnation.dyndns.org/~aaron
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