2011/7/19 Conan Kudo (ニール・ゴンパ) <ngomp...@gmail.com>: > Actually, unlike dpkg, rpm has two forms of switches. You can use the > expanded switches "--something-or-other" or the single letter combo switches > "-sOo". Most people prefer to use rpm's single letter combo switches because > "-sOo" would expand out to "--something --or --other". It is quicker to type > and less confusing once you get the hang of it. But rpm does have the > traditional expanded switches like the ones dpkg uses.
dpkg and rpm are (IMO) low-level tools that most users should not be using. The high-level ones are apt-get and yum. The high-level UI is the most important one. Olaf _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
