Re: installp vs. rpm?

From: Mike (mikee_at_mikee.ath.cx)
Date: 02/04/05 

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:57:11 GMT

In article <1107551441.044017.208540@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, florian.heigl@gmx.de wrote:
>
> Mike wrote:
>> I have decided to use RPM for everything home-grown and
>> use installp for OS and vendor provided things. Then I
>> think earlier this week about an issue one of the development
>> groups had earlier this week where they needed to back
>> something out of production.
>>
>> I know installp can backout (reject) filesets that have
>> not yet been committed, but how to handle this with rpm?
>
> rpm is just a package format, and IMHO not one of the better
> ones. I've used it quite some time and i've yet to see even
> a mechanism like commiting software with rpm.
>
> please use things for what they were intended for, not for
> everything. rpm is great for quickly installing a singly
> binary, especially if You don't know every geninstall
> parameter by heart (or almost none like me), but it's
> not the way to distribute real software.
>
> Guess why linux people consider dpkg as superior?
>

Possibly dpkg is superior, I've not used it.
Since there are two package managers by default in AIX,
it made sense in my environment to use installp for IBM
provided packages and rpm for everything else.

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