RPM sucks
I don't know who the hell busted RPM, but the version packed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux absolutely bites.
The stupid thing can't install software from a bare http reference! What kinda lame-ass coding broke that part to the point where no one wants to fix it?
This kinda FAILING means we can't -V vs remote RPMs, for instance, because it silently fails without mention (a very deceptive response), so checking key binaries vs remote (and reliable) package versions is now impossible.
The ability to verify and account for all contents of a running system is why, after 18October 1998, I chose to go with RedHat vs Slackware. Now I'm no longer sure that RedHat knows what it's doing any longer.
The stupid thing can't install software from a bare http reference! What kinda lame-ass coding broke that part to the point where no one wants to fix it?
This kinda FAILING means we can't -V vs remote RPMs, for instance, because it silently fails without mention (a very deceptive response), so checking key binaries vs remote (and reliable) package versions is now impossible.
The ability to verify and account for all contents of a running system is why, after 18October 1998, I chose to go with RedHat vs Slackware. Now I'm no longer sure that RedHat knows what it's doing any longer.
posted by Westley | 1:05 PM
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