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Subject: Re: RPM vs IPK
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On 10/29/2010 03:33 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> I notice that in the latest master, rpm-native is always built,
> even if I'm using ipk style packaging.
>
> * Why?
> * Why should I choose one over the other? I'm happy using rpm
> (been using it for 15 years!) but I wonder why the switch?
> Is rpm to become the de-facto packaging for Poky builds?

Also, if it's to be rpm, will there be a yum (or equivalent)?
Otherwise, what tool will be used to manage dependency tracking, etc?

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