Re: [TCLUG:18338] openssh upgrade...

[Kent Schumacher <kent@structural-wood.com>]

Ben Lutgens wrote:

> On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 07:53:47AM -0500, andy@theasis.com wrote:
> >> More thoughts for the masses....  "Isn't this easy?"
> >
> >Is it so much easier than rpm?
> >
> Granted there are the same number of commands. But will rpm do as apt-get
> does? Which is Query the package availability database, determine what
> packages (if neccessary) are needed to satisfy the dependencies, download all
> software requiured and then install it.
>
> Not to mention that the packages themselves are FAR superior to rpms. There ar
> pre and post install and remove (preinst,postinst,prerm,postrm) that can and
> usually are had hacked by the maintainer to clean out old software then prep
> the install stuff then install and THEN take you through a series of steps to
> help you set up your software. They can do anything with these scripts one can
> do with a shell script.
>
> Not to mention debian maintainers put more love into thier packages. Noone
> pays them to do it, they do it because they want to, not because some
> head-honcho at RHAD is telling them to "HURRY UP and get that packaged for the
> next release so we can make more money!!!" So they can charge you more money
> for tech support (does anyone use that?)
>
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While I can't say anything about debian because I've never used it,
I can say that I've used Corel, Caldera, and RedHat.  All of these work great on
the first install, but only RedHat seems to be easily upgradeable to each new
release of RedHat. as well as being able to simply grab and install packages
off the net.

And no, I've never used RedHat tech support, nor can I envision a situation
where I would.  Tech support is for people who don't have mailing lists...

Kent