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On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 12:06:07PM -0500, Paul Norton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Matthew Gillen wrote: > > That's why you're almost always better off using 'yum' instead of > > 'up2date'. Yum is smart enough to track down and install dependencies > > for you. I would abandon using up2date unless you're using RedHat > > Enterprise Linux (which you're obviously not). > > I could not agree more Matthew. Good advice. > > Yum has always worked very well for me, especially when upgrading from > core version to core version. > > - -- > Paul Norton One question... Does yum use the same config files as up2date? I believe that I need to convert, but I'm not sure. I was surprised that my FC3 system even used up2date -- I had believed it was all converted to yum. Thanks, Bill
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