Re: apt-rpm
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Mako Gabor wrote:
09-Dec-2003 fedora-devel-list-request(a)redhat.com:
> From: Warren Togami <warren(a)togami.com>
> https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1028
> Panu's latest fedora.us apt package uses rpmlib unlike previous
> fedora.us apt releases. This makes it a bit more acceptable for RH
> people who previously had the kneejerk "--nodeps" reaction. =)
>
> I suspect that RH will accept apt and opencarpet only after the new
> unified meta-data thing happens hopefully before FC2. BTW anyone know
> the status of that?
>
When does the apt-rpm use the cdrom as rpm source? It can use the ftp
and http only. :(
It can use the cdrom but you'd need specifically created images for that
to work. If you burn your own CD's anyway then it's not that hard to do..
see http://freshrpms.net/apt/ for instructions.
- Panu -