decent software maintainers

Gill Bates · 10-17-2003, 05:12 AM

does anyone know of any decent software maintainers that will automatically update software and its dependancies? or are we stuck?

IsNoGood · 10-17-2003, 05:18 AM

apt-get install debian
emerge gentoo

ceedeedoos · 10-17-2003, 05:24 AM

for slackware -> swaret

Gill Bates · 10-17-2003, 05:25 AM

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Originally posted by ceedeedoos
for slackware -> swaret

thats the 1 im looking for

thanks

will this allow me to upgrade and keep inline with new releases of the distro (i.e. go from 9.1 to 9.2 without reinstalling?)

ceedeedoos · 10-17-2003, 05:41 AM

yes it will

but you'll have some *.new files hanging around (in /etc for example) but those are quickly removed...

I install with my Slackware 9.0 cd's, install swaret, and then it begins:
Insert my cd with crucial updates (I don't feel like downloading everything twice or more...) so glibc and gcc and the likes get updated, and then I run an update against a slackware mirror (easily configured). I see what else I would like, and I am before the final updates already running slackware 9.1

and now I just keep up to date by running swaret with the current branch ...