[SGVLUG] rpm hell

[Victor Y. Zamora]

Hi,

One thing nice about Fedora Core 4 is that it has yum. You can set it to 
automatically update at specified intervals. It also resolves 
dependencies and will update only installed applications or utilities.

Vic

> First of all, RedHat 8.0 is old and unsupported.  Do you have a really 
> good reason for failing to upgrade?  If you want the latest and 
> greatest, get Fedora Core 4, it includes a fully working copy of 
> everything you're trying to include here.  If you want long term 
> support for your environment, get either RHEL 3 (costs money) or 
> CentOS (free).  Notice I didn't use the word "stable?"  I believe 
> misusing that term causes a misunderstanding that Fedora is somehow 
> unstable.  It's not, but it won't be supported for very long, meaning 
> you have to upgrade regularly.  (I don't mind this, some people do.)
>