question

Brian Fahrlander Brian at fahrlander.net
Wed Feb 18 03:25:15 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 10:35 +0800, Richmond Pabilona wrote:
> Hi guys,
>     Since fedora is a red hat distro, i was wondering why there are some 
> packages that are specifically for red hat and fedora? Why is it that 
> both of them using the same rpms? While sometimes, the package can work 
> for both of them.  How will i know if the package is for fedora or red 
> hat if the download site only offers packages for red hat.

    Libraries, man...libraries.  Just like from 6-7 or 7-8 or 8-9 or 9-
Fedora, other basic packages get upgraded all the time. Sure: give it a
try:  get an SRPM from 7 or and and rebuild it on Fedora.  If it can't
work, it'll tell ya.

    Just remember: Fedore FC1 == Redhat 10.  That's all.

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