*- On 28 Mar, Marek Habersack wrote about "Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on
Debian?"
> On 28 Mar 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote:
>
>>
>> >> "GB" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> GB> Because there are several commercial software packages distributed
>> GB> in RPM format for the Red Hat layout that are NOT available in
>> GB> tarball format.
>>
>> You can always convert a rpm to a tarball.
> You don't have to. Just get the src rpm
>
Read what George said, that doesn't work for things like Applixware or
other commercial programs that DO NOT HAVE SRC RPM. Those also tend to
have hardcoded directory structures built into the binaries that are
not configurable and were only designed to be run an a Red Hat system.
--
Brian
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