Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: yum
I am trying to write out an Linux training course for system
administrators. I am aiming to be distribution neutral. For this matter,
I intend to tackle both yum and apt-get. I am running Ubuntu 8.04
desktop and am intending to demonstrate usage of bo
Frakie, your yum is already working. However, you can't (or shouldn't)
install packages on debian using yum because yum will conflict with apt-
get. At most, a debian "yum" script should just be a frontend to apt-
get.
My intended use of yum is to use a separate install root with which to
demo rpm
oes.
The idea is to keep the system updates. That is a GOOD THING (tm).
But it relies on undocumented behavior. That is a BAD THING (tm).
Can we have the apt-daily service documented?
madumlao@lezard ~ $ lsb_release -rd
Description:Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
Release:16.04
apt version: 1.2
apt.conf(5) is inaccurate.
apt.conf(5) references /etc/cron.daily/apt; apt installs /etc/cron.daily
/apt-compat.
Furthermore, the man page gives reference to users to `see the top of
the script for explanation of these (periodic and archive) options`. The
top of /etc/cron.daily/apt-compat does no
I see, this must have been updated on a later version.
Under Ubuntu 16.04.5, and up to apt-1.2.27, the man page reads:
PERIODIC AND ARCHIVES OPTIONS
APT::Periodic and APT::Archives groups of options configure behavior of
apt periodic
updates, which is done by the /etc/cron.daily/ap
