On Apr 17, Raymond A. Ingles wrote > Just out of curiosity, why did Debian decide to use a .deb package > format, as opposed to, say, a "debian_control" file inside the .tar > archive? So far as I can see: > > PROS: > ".deb" format allows easy ID of packages that can be installed on > Debian systems. > > CONS: > Cannnot use the Debianized package without dpkg.
false > Difficult to "unDebianize". false .deb is a very simple ar archive. You can use ar to display its contents and to extract data.tar.gz which contains the package, control.tar.gz contains the pre/post inst/rm scripts. (filenames from memory, might be called slightly different) > Using the universally (well, Unixversally) supported .tar standard has The package inside .deb is a simple compressed tar archive. Regards... Joey -- Individual Network e.V. _/ OrgaTech KG i.Gr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geschaeftszeit: Di+Mi+Fr, 15-18 Uhr _/ Tel: (0441) 9808556 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
