RPM version 3 still reigns supreme: most (all?) RPM distros use it, stable, it's the standard (LSB), and I could find very little rpm v4 documentation. What are the advantages of rpm version 4? Everything I could want in a package format is already in version 3: package signatures via GnuPG / PGP, dependencies, etc. There's one thing I'm looking for, though: better compression since RPM uses cpio, afaik. Anyone have a webpage I could look at? -- noodlez: Karol Pietrzak PGP KeyID: 0x3A1446A0
On September 29, 2001 11:41 am, Karol Pietrzak wrote:
RPM version 3 still reigns supreme: most (all?) RPM distros use it, stable, it's the standard (LSB), and I could find very little rpm v4 documentation.
What are the advantages of rpm version 4? Everything I could
Not enough for me. I have a couple of DeadRat 7.1 boxes and the biggest difference I could find was the lack of the --rebuild command. It also displays the progress of the pre-installation work in addition to the actual installation when using the -v switch. As far as documentation goes, I'm highly disappointed with the shoddy work done by Red Hat. Take a look at rpm.org and you'll find nothing new of any value. I'm happy that SuSE stuck with v3. -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com
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