up2date vs. yum

[Michael D. Berger]

> 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