Re: yum vs. rpm to install occasional products



On 01/30/2011 11:00 AM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
Your coworker is wrong. yum (Yellowdog Updater Modified ported from
Yellowdog Linux for the PowerPC) is an intelligent front end for rpm
(Red Hat Package Manager) that adds dependency resolution capabilities.
They both use the rpm API and they install packages exactly the same
way.
I certainly agree with you.

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