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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!Ra.MsState.Edu!aak2 From: aak2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Atif Ahmad Khan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: RedHAT RPMs for FreeBSD ? Date: 10 Jun 1996 14:34:36 -0500 Organization: Mississippi State University Lines: 27 Message-ID: <aak2.834434605@Ra.MsState.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ra.msstate.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) I use both Linux and FreeBSD. One thing I like about Linux is availability of RPMs. They are a little better than the current FreeBSD package system. Due to an improper shut down last Saturday a file was corrupted on my FreeBSD system that effected the system's networking. I was getting ping times greater than 900ms to a machine sitting right next to mine. I looked almost everywhere to see what the problem was checked all the files I could think of, had a friend who is pretty good with FreeBSD help me but we couldn't locate the problem. Finally I gave up and installed FreeBSD on another HD and copied the user and configuration files over. Now if the system was installed using RPMs I could have just asked rpm to verify all system files. Is there a reason why we shouldn't have RPM as our main software packaging system ? Thanks. Atif Khan aak2@ra.msstate.edu