I don't understand why package management is still a PITA in redhat, and that you still aren't using apt4rpm. Using it would greatly improve ease of use. It works great, Conectiva uses it already. http://freshrpms.net/apt/ http://distro.conectiva.com.br/projetos/42
Reassigning to rpm component.
This is an up2date or anaconda RFE, as rpm is an analogue of dpkg, not apt.
APT already runs on Red Hat, see: http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net/ Maybe Red Hat developers can collaborate with this project and integrate APT in Red Hat ASAP ? P.S. If there were voting system in RH bugzilla, this bug would have high rating :)
apt doesn't have many of the features RHN needs, so it's not a replacement for up2date. If you want the package added, the place to file a report is against "distribution" Untill APT supports the features RHN needs, this bug is closed.
I'm currently working on package GPG checking for apt amongst other features. Could you please provide a list of features needed for RHN?
I reported a bug against "distribution" as you told - see bug# 82542
Reh Hat developers should talk more with each other: from bug bug# 82542: Bill Nottingham on 2003-01-23 18:03 <notting> wrote: >"APT is like up2data. (sic)" >Exactly. If there are features missing from up2date that you'd like, please file >them against enhancement requests against up2date or RHN. Warren Togami <warren> on 2003-01-20 23:10 wrote: >I'm currently working on package GPG checking for apt amongst other features. There is a GPG checking posibility in Debian - see: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/non-us/debsig-verify.html APT in Debian works correctly with debsig, and as I know rpm in Red Hat has signature checking possibility. APT on RH uses rpm, then maybe there are no necessity to change apt4rpm ?
>Exactly. If there are features missing from up2date that you'd like, please file >them against enhancement requests against up2date or RHN. I'll all about feature requests. Lets hear em (in seperate bug reports please). Basically, apt doesn't do a lot of the RHN related stuff that up2date does. I have no plans to add them to APT. If someone else does, that might be cool. But until that happens, APT isn't a drop-in replacement for up2date (or vice versa). So since I can't replace up2date with APT, this bug is closed. As mentioned above, if there are useful apt features missing from up2date, file a enhancement bug report for them. They may get added ;->
> Could you please provide a list of features needed for RHN? quick list: rhnsd support support for registering systems to RHN support for uploading hardware info "action" support support for rhn channels a simple gui full dep resolution support (inc conflicts, file deps, obsoletes, etc)