Re: OT Sorry!!

From: William Hooper (whooperhsd3_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 03/27/04

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    Aaron Matteson said:
    >
    >> up2date can make use of yum repositories, that's all.
    >
    > Perhaps i am wrong, but i would call soemthing that makes use of another
    > somethings resources a front-end function.

    So up2date is a front end to apt?

    > A front end makes use of a
    > service, not neccissarily a front-end to the application.

    You have a weird definition of "front-end". You would say Mozilla is a
    httpd "front-end"? Or Samba is a Win2000 "front-end"?

    Up2date can use apt or yum repositories, but uses neither the apt or yum
    program. 

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