[PLUG] Package management...

[alan]

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, plug_0 at robinson-west.com wrote:

> I'm trying to work with an evaluation copy of Redhat 8 and need to strip it
> down as much as possible.

WHY????

Redhat 8 is broken.  Redhat 9 fixed most of the brokeness of that version, 
but not all of it.  If you have to use something that old, I suggest using 
either Redhat 7.3 or Redhat 9.

Just don't put it out unprotected on the net.

As for package management, there are not any real useful tools for Redhat 
8/9.  You might be able to build Yum for it.  All the older tools are a 
headache and a half.

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