Re: [MiNT] OSMD - introduction (fwd)

[Jo-Even.Skarstein@Vital.no]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Petr Stehlik [SMTP:joy@sophics.cz]
> Sent:	Tuesday, September 04, 2001 9:41 AM
> To:	Lonny Pursell
> Cc:	mint
> Subject:	Re: [MiNT] OSMD - introduction (fwd)
> 
> > They start the installation manager, and it connects to the
> > net (a server I assume) where the information for all the latest
> > offical releases are stored, versions and such.  It then looks
> > at the users system and compares the info, it then generates
> > a list of suggestions, modules and apps that are out of date and
> > prompts the user which ones to download.  After download they
> > are depacked and installed
> 
> if SpareMiNT was based on Debian you would already have this "installation
> manager" available with one simple command: apt-get upgrade
> 
I can't see why this couldn't be done with rpm as well. In fact, I'm pretty
sure that I've seen tools (shell-scripts perhaps?) that does exactly this:
Connect to a rpm repository, compares installed packages with the latest
releases and let the user upgrade if desired. It would be nice to have a
GEM-interface though.

Btw. does anybody know if Sparemint's rpm allow net-installs over ftp/http
like it does on Linux?

Jo Even Skarstein


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