RPM

Mike Cantrell yomahz@devnull.org
Wed, 20 Sep 2000 06:43:09 -0700


I'm of the same opinion w/ 7.1... buggiest mandrake ever. I'm hoping they'll
put a bit more effort into 7.2. 7.0.2 was very solid IMO.

Regards,
Mike Cantrell



----- Original Message -----
From: "der.hans" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com>
To: "plug" <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 5:27 AM
Subject: Re: RPM


> Am 19. Sep, 2000 schwäzte John W so:
>
> > I seem to have lost the ability to install RPM using rpmdrake in
Mandrake
> > 7.1. I installed from a windows partition and have since moved the
> > directory(in the interest of space).I also cannot install from the cdrom
it
> > does seem to be able to read from the cdrom anymore.
> > Anyone have any ideas?
>
> John,
>
> rpmdrake is bbb (broken beyond belief) in 7.1. Did an install yesterday
> and /usr/sbin/urpmi.addmedia is really, really hosed. They obviously never
> ran it, much less tested it.
>
> Methods for http, ftp and cdrom are not going to work as it came on the
> CDs I have.
>
> I haven't check local, so that might work.
>
> At Stammtisch tonight Kevin suggested wiping 7.1 and moving back to 7.0. I
> think he specifically said 7.0.2. I guess 7.1 in general is pretty hosed.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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