On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > >> 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. Hmm... did you read the Debian Policy manual?
marek