Thanks John and all the others who responded as well. All your
help is greatly appreciated. I am relatively new to RedHat and thought
this question was something I needed to know. I do now so I am in a better
position to pick up files now that I know what to do and how to apply those
'rpm' tests etc..
On Friday 12 January 2001 17:16, you wrote:
> Hi Ted,
> Often the Mandrake package will work, assuming you have an i586 class
> machine or better. I've used several recently, in generaly whenever the
> RHL7.0/Rawhide package requires glibc2.2 (I'm using RHL6.2).
>
> However I take a few precautions. I run 'rpm -qpl package' and then 'rpm
> -iv --test package'. First is just in case Mandrake puts things in places I
> don't expect (rarely the case, and I usually still go ahead but make a
> written note in my book that this program is 'weird'). Second isn't really
> needed as a normal install should stop and complain if anything is wrong.
>
> While they used to simply replace the logos and some names in the programs
> from RedHat to Mandrake then rebuild for i586, it now looks like they have
> taken a 6.x distro as a base and are gradually modifying it into their
> version of the ideal Linux distribution.
>
> John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ted Gervais [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 9:35 AM
> > To: Red Hat Mailing list
> > Subject: Mandrake vs RedHat7
> >
> >
> > I have a question here. I notice sometimes that when I am
> > looking for an
> > rpm file that there might not be any for RedHat but there are some for
> > Mandrake. Will those rpm files work on RedHat?
> > --
> > Ted Gervais
> > Coldbrook, Nova Scotia Canada
> >
> >
> >
> >
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