Re: tlug: PJE

[Jonathan Byrne - 3Web <jq@example.com>]

On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Scott Stone wrote:

>Oh well, at least RPM is light years ahead of the Windows applications'
>packaging system - for one thing, they don't know which files they own -
>ie, if you have a missing file, you can't tell what package it came from,
>so you don't know what to reinstall to fix it...

You left out another annoying symptom of this - how they tend to leave some
files behind when you uninstall a package, and your system gradual fills up
with these little software turds.  Doubtless one of the reasons Windows 95 is
a lot more stable if you re-install it from scratch once or twice a year.

And let's not forget how badly upgrading works (essentially doesn't).  If I
get the next version of say, Paint Shop Pro, I can't say "OK, upgrade 5.01 to
5.03."  Oh, no.  I have to uninstall 5.01, then install the complete 5.03
package.  Otherwise, I get a broken and unremoveable uninstall entry for 5.01
left in the Add/Remove Programs control panel.  Well, there's probably a way
to remove it, but none of the paper or e-docs with Windows tell you what
file you might edit to do that.

Not only RPM, but I'm sure d-select and any other package managers in the
Linux world are light years ahead of that.

Jonathan Byrne
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