×××× ××××× 28 ××× 2004, 18:26, ×××× ×× ××× Micha Feigin:
> > If you really are considering Gentoo with constant updates or Debian
> > unstable, then why not use Mandrake that way ?
> > URPMI is as easy to use as apt or emerge in order to completly upgrade
> > your machine to the current Mandrake development version ("cooker") which
> > is always available through many mirrors. I have been updating my
> > personal machines that way for over two years and I can't say had a
> > serious problem for more then a year now. I'm running updating on a
> > weekly basis and upgrading to the new stuff I find ("urpmi.update -a &&
> > urpmi --auto --auto-select"). I have a machine installed originally as
> > Mandrake 8.2 which now reports itself as 10.0 (upgraded last week. a bit
> > of down time because I wanted to try the latest kernel).
> > I can't recommend this practice to any Linux user (mostly as I also can't
> > recommend using Debian unstable or Gentoo to any Linux user), but if
> > you know
>
> Actually from experience, debian unstable was always much more stable
> for me then Mandrake and Red Hat machines I used. You should watch when
> upgrading that all dependencies exist
You shouldn't watch anything when using URPMI - it does the watching for you
(a-la apt).
> since sometimes (not very often)
> some dependencies are slower to enter unstable then the newer version
> of the original package.
>
> Aptitude will usually just hold back the original package anyway until
> all dependencies can be resolved (the problem tends to be more with
> installing new packages with currently broken dependencies where you
> may have to wait a few days but not with already installed ones).
Same thing with URPMI - it doesn't insall RPMs unless it can satisfy all
dependcies (or use a combination of switches on the command line saying "I
know I'm going to fuck up my system but please download and insall this
package")
I've fiddled around with Fedora Core 1 a bit, and if you install yum or apt
for rpms and setup the repositories by hand it will be in about the same
state - that is easy updates to latest anything that has live repositories. I
haven't used it much so I cant attest for stability over time, nor have I
ever upgraded from RawHide but I hear its not for the faint of heart.
--
Oded
::..
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were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."
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