[Yum] Comparison between update tools

[David Timms]

Giap Phan Vu wrote:
> I'm making compare between YUM, APT-RPM and Smart update tools but I
> really do not know what is the strongest, the weakness of these
> tools.
> 
> The target platform is CentOS (or Wind River)
Are you looking at command line package management or GUI as well ?

I like yum {haven't used apt-rpm, smart for some time} because it's
extensible nature allows a config that does what I wan't {skip-broken,
download-only, version lock (good for eg machines running vmware where a
kernel update stops stuff working)} and other standard features like
using ISP's free mirrors, ordering the mirror for each repository
keeping downloaded packages, list/search to find new packages, -y option
for just do it.

DaveT.