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diff --git a/system/smart/README b/system/smart/README index 463d9b6434..b316a3c90f 100644 --- a/system/smart/README +++ b/system/smart/README @@ -1,15 +1,18 @@ -The Smart Package Manager project has the ambitious objective of creating smart -and portable algorithms for solving adequately the problem of managing -software upgrades and installation. -This tool works in all major distributions and will bring notable advantages -over native tools currently in use (APT, APT-RPM, YUM, URPMI, etc). - -Notice that this project is not a magical bridge between every distribution in -the planet. Instead, this is software offering better package management for -these distributions when working with their native packages. Using multiple -packaging systems at the same time (like rpm and dpkg) is possible but would -require packages from those systems to follow the same packaging guidelines. -As a general rule, mixing packaging systems is not recommended. +The Smart Package Manager project has the ambitious objective of +creating smart and portable algorithms for solving adequately the +problem of managing software upgrades and installation. + +This tool works in all major distributions and will bring notable +advantages over native tools currently in use (APT, APT-RPM, YUM, +URPMI, etc). + +Notice that this project is not a magical bridge between every +distribution in the planet. Instead, this is software offering better +package management for these distributions when working with their +native packages. Using multiple packaging systems at the same time +(like rpm and dpkg) is possible but would require packages from those +systems to follow the same packaging guidelines. As a general rule, +mixing packaging systems is not recommended. Smart supports the following repository formats as source channels: @@ -20,13 +23,13 @@ RPM repositories Red Carpet (used by Ximian/Novell) RPM Header List (used by RedHat and Conectiva installation CDs) - RPM Directory (a directory with a bunch of RPMs in it, no indexing required) + RPM Directory (a dir with a bunch of RPMs in it, no indexing required) URPMI (used by Mandriva) DEB repositories DEB System Database (locally installed packages) APT repositories for .deb - DEB Directory (a directory with a bunch of DEBs in it, no indexing required) + DEB Directory (a dir with a bunch of DEBs in it, no indexing required) Slackware Slackware installed packages database |