stanley klein bxzbtycpcugorg wed april 9 2008 319 pm gael varoquaux wrote wed apr 09 2008 022631pm 0400 stanley klein wrote rpm deb package managers yum higher level dependency managers lot things 1 install packages maintain databases packages installed 2 manage dependencies 3 support clean uninstalling packages 4 query packages installed via databases yet installed eg rpm deb files determine attributes files install dependencies information defined packaging time 5 build packages cases rebuild packages 6 verify packages integrity security purposes 7 download package files maintain archives installed package files use local repositories collapsing three different functionalities one dealing repositories downloading yumapt installing uninstalling packages dealing system consistency thus checking dependencies available rpmdpkg building important 3 separated may want download dependencies package burn cd computer internet access may want send tarball build server building install corrupt working system cheers gaël gael functionalities combined programs necessarily required used time im familiar apt yum also installs including downloading package dependencies yum also query capability yum list yum info think synaptic thing yum adds gui search capabilities similar yum info well build capabilities rpm moved rpmbuild building remains part rpm system iirc bdist_rpm actually calls rpmbuild part processing also iirc rpmbuild build tarball contains rpm spec install process separate step would corrupt working system building rpm tarball btw would want dependencies rpm yum available dependencies rpm difficult easy wind dependency hell yum find dependencies install long repositories registered yum configuration looked man yum couldnt find option download dependencies local repository without installing however install package dependencies selected option retaining cache cleaning installation rpms eg updates varcacheyumupdatespackages copied cd system without internet connectivity also fedora ubuntu software building installable live cds although dont know get package files stan klein _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 25 jul 2008 170111 0400 pythondev distutils easily consume parts eggs good