Re: Experiences of apt vs grab

I had to ctrl-c a download at one point and I got "Cought signal ... ",  Maybe 
you fixed it already :)

-Dan

On Friday 05 April 2002 12:53 pm, Greg Kurtzer wrote:
> Thanks for the compliments... I too am torn from GRAB and APT. Simply
> because I maintain and wrote GRAB does not mean I think is the best for all
> situations. As far as the limitations of GRAB go, please let me know if you
> can think of an alternative, I am at a loss witht eh deps issue.
>
> Also where do you see the 'cought'? I just searched the source, and did not
> find it?
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
> On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 09:40:09AM -0700, Dan Harris wrote:
> > Greg & all,
> >
> > I thought I'd give apt for rpm a shot last week just for fun.  The short
> > version is that I'm back to using grab again :)  Here's why..
> >
> > apt-rpm
> > =======
> > PROS:
> > Very simple syntax (apt-get install)
> > transparent handling of dependencies (almost)
> > all rpm's are in a managed format in a centralized location
> >
> > CONS:
> > all of the rpm's I tried to install were outdated and seemed to be the
> > "boxed" RH rpms
> > the rpm repositories at tuxfamily.org were VERY slow over the 2 week
> > period I tried it (14KB/sec download on my T1, come on!)
> > always complained that seemingly "everything" needed PERL.  Which I did
> > have installed from source, but it complained since it didn't see it in
> > the repository.
> >
> > In closing, I'd like to say that I really do like how easy it is to
> > 'apt-get install' something. But the downside is that the rpm's must be
> > controlled strictly and that seems to negate their 'freshness' as someone
> > must manage a single archive.  I also really liked the dependency fetch. 
> > Grab tries to get dependencies but it feels 'messy' every time I have to
> > go through it.  Too many choices to make each time, and if one fails, the
> > whole thing seems to blow up rather inelegantly.. But, I know this is the
> > downside of working with poorly managed RPM archives and it's mostly not
> > your fault, Greg.
> >
> > Anyway,  keep up the good work.  I'm really glad you're still keeping the
> > effort alive.  I'll continue to use it as long as I am using RPM's..
> >
> > One more thing....   s/cought/caught/g  :)
> >
> > -Dan
> >
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