Well, first of all, if you want to compare RPM, you should compare
it with DEB, and not apt-get. In Mandrake we have
urpmi that handles automatic dependency.
Here's the output from "man urpmi":
[...]
Just launch urpmi followed by what you think is the
name of the package(s), and urpmi will: - Propose different package names if availables and quit. - If found only one Package corresponding, check wether
dependencies are already installed or not. - If not, propose to install the dependencies
and then install all required dependencies and the package. [...]
Note that urpmi handle installations from various medias
(ftp, local and nfs volumes, removable medias such
as CDROMs) and is able to install dependencies
from a media different from the package's media. If necessary,
urpmi asks you to insert the required media.
Not to mention that now I have been building Mandrake
Update Robot console daemon for a periodic & automatic RPM upgrade
in a large network. Click here for the sample
report 2001-02-25.txt - which is e-mailed to the system administrator.
It also checks for GnuPG signature from Linux Mandrake Security Team and
the MD5 sum of it. Mandrake Update Robot is currently still v0.8Beta1 and
under development day 8. If you wanna see what has changes, here's the
ChangeLog The
next version of Mandrake Update
Robot will even compile your own custom kernel directly if there's
a kernel upgrade.
So, please do a little bit more research before comparing RPM vs apt-get.
If you want to compare apt-get, compare it with Redhat's Up2date or my
Mandrake Update Robot, or Mandrake Update & rpmdrake (GUI) and urpmi (console).
In the article, it says that Mandrake doesn't include Apache.
It is true that Mandrake 7.2 Desktop Edition that you see on Walmart, Staples, etc doesn't include Apache and other server stuff (but they include lots of games), since they are meant for pure desktop. However, both the Download and Professional edition does include complete server stuff such as Apache, Webmin, ProFTPd, etc.
They include an optimized version of Apache by SGI - Advanced Extranet Server, which is said to be 900% faster than the regular Apache - according to SpecWeb96. Click here to see the screenshot of its webserver:
http://www.cyest.org/mandrake.
By the way, I'm not Mandrake's employee. I'm just a Gnome programmer and Mandrake's fan.
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Here's the output from "man urpmi":
[...]
Just launch urpmi followed by what you think is the name of the package(s), and urpmi will:
- Propose different package names if availables and quit.
- If found only one Package corresponding, check wether dependencies are already installed or not.
- If not, propose to install the dependencies and then install all required dependencies and the package.
[...]
Note that urpmi handle installations from various medias (ftp, local and nfs volumes, removable medias such as CDROMs) and is able to install dependencies from a media different from the package's media. If necessary, urpmi asks you to insert the required media.
Not to mention that now I have been building Mandrake Update Robot console daemon for a periodic & automatic RPM upgrade in a large network. Click here for the sample report 2001-02-25.txt - which is e-mailed to the system administrator. It also checks for GnuPG signature from Linux Mandrake Security Team and the MD5 sum of it. Mandrake Update Robot is currently still v0.8Beta1 and under development day 8. If you wanna see what has changes, here's the ChangeLog The next version of Mandrake Update Robot will even compile your own custom kernel directly if there's a kernel upgrade.
So, please do a little bit more research before comparing RPM vs apt-get. If you want to compare apt-get, compare it with Redhat's Up2date or my Mandrake Update Robot, or Mandrake Update & rpmdrake (GUI) and urpmi (console).
Thanks,
Fishycat.
In the article, it says that Mandrake doesn't include Apache .
It is true that Mandrake 7.2 Desktop Edition that you see on Walmart, Staples, etc doesn't include Apache and other server stuff (but they include lots of games), since they are meant for pure desktop. However, both the Download and Professional edition does include complete server stuff such as Apache, Webmin, ProFTPd, etc.
They include an optimized version of Apache by SGI - Advanced Extranet Server, which is said to be 900% faster than the regular Apache - according to SpecWeb96. Click here to see the screenshot of its webserver: http://www.cyest.org/mandrake.
By the way, I'm not Mandrake's employee. I'm just a Gnome programmer and Mandrake's fan.