Subject: Re: yup! for x86?
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Wed Mar 27 2002 - 20:28:51 MST
> On Wednesday 27 March 2002 06:10 pm, you wrote:
> > I had what may be a stupid question, but what the heck.
> >
> > I really like yup!. It does what it says, and is far less confusing than
> > what I've tried on my Redhat box as far as their package managers. If I got
> > the source could I build it on my Redhat machine? Would it do any good? I'm
> > not sure what list it compares against to tell if everything's up to date,
> > so maybe it wouldn't have any x86 architecture .rpms listed anyway. But I
> > thought it was worth a shot to ask.
> >
> > -Rob
>
>
> I believe that yup is just a bunch of python scripts, so installation on any
> machine that has python installed shouldn't be an issue. The real gotcha is
> that a distribution needs to support the layout that yup expects. There may
> be one for x86 based on rpm, but I am not familiar with it. I think by its
> nature, it is supposed to be architecture neutral.
Very true. yup is used on x86 machines at several places..
you might post to the yup list to find some folks that would know more
about the tweaks necessary (if any) for x86.
--Regards, Dan Burcaw Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
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