>On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Ken Gaugler wrote: > >> Dpkg specifically asks for the beta 4 binary; can I get away with using >> one of the newer binaries? Do I need to tweak anything to get it to >> install using dpkg? > >This is what I've done. I got the 3.0b7 binary from their site; then >grabbed the 3.0b6 installer (source form) from ftp.debian.org (under the >rex hierarchy) and slightly modified it to use the 3.0b7 package (I don't >remember exactly the modifications, they were slight). >Then it worked, and it didn't seem to break anything. I'll tell you when I >upgrade Netscape again! <g>
How does one make "slight modifications" to a debian package? What is a debian package? Is it really just a gzipped, tarred file? What are the important components? Thanks, Mark.
