The debmake package has now added functionality to install Red Hat and Slackware packages using dpkg and thus entering information about those packages into the debian packaging system.
On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Hamish Moffatt wrote: moffatt >> Redhat. So I sought for a way to install RedHat packages under Debian and moffatt >> debianized the Red Hat Package manager rpm. I was able to install gated moffatt > moffatt >> Installing this package means that you have two competing package managers moffatt >> that know nothing about each other on your system! moffatt > moffatt >Since Redhat now has dependencies, perhaps it would be nice if dpkg moffatt >or some other Debian-specific program were to be able to install moffatt >RPMs but maintain Debian packaging information etc. Although this moffatt >would discourage people from writing Debian-specific packages perhaps. moffatt > moffatt > moffatt >hamish moffatt > --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- PGP Public Key = FB 9B 31 21 04 1E 3A 33 C7 62 2F C0 CD 81 CA B5 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]