Re: apt-rpm supported?
"Michael P. Soulier" <[email protected]>
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On 07/11/03 Panu Matilainen did say:
> The deal here is that apt considers every "provides" as a package (a
> "virtual package" in apt terminology). As long as there's only one package
> providing something it automatically installs that, otherwise it makes you
> choose one from available variants.
Yes, which in my opinion is one of the things making apt superior to
yum, and I'm very surprised that apt-rpm isn't among the supported tools
already.
Mike
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