Re: Considering a distro switch.

Robby Russell typed this on 03/25/2004 05:03 PM:
> Craighead, Scot D - VSCM typed this on 03/25/2004 04:54 PM:
> 
>> Wow.  That what I wanted to hear.  I've used apt from freshrpms.net 
>> before and it always worked well.  It looks like all you would have to 
>> do is download and install the apt rpm and then type these commands:
>>
>> apt-get update  apt-get dist-upgrade
>>
> 
> almost. You have to set change your sources to point to the fedora 
> sources... dist-upgrade doesn't mean *upgrade to fedora* so you will 
> have to look up the proper repositories first.
> 
> 

Might I also suggest that if you intend to do this, sign up on the 
FreshRPMS general mailing list. It's VERY VERY useful and if you run 
into any weird dependancy issues, they're pretty helpful with directing 
you to fixing them.

http://freshrpms.net/lists/


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