yum vs. rpm to install occasional products

[Jerry Feldman]

On 01/30/2011 11:00 AM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> Your coworker is wrong. yum (Yellowdog Updater Modified ported from
> Yellowdog Linux for the PowerPC) is an intelligent front end for rpm
> (Red Hat Package Manager) that adds dependency resolution capabilities.
> They both use the rpm API and they install packages exactly the same
> way.
I certainly agree with you.

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