On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 05:06:15PM -0400, MJM wrote: > On Wednesday 16 July 2003 13:44, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach MJM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.16.1819 +0200]: > > > Go around your arse to scratch your elbow method: build an RPM > > > and use alien to make a .deb from the .rpm. > > > > NO! do it right! > > I wasn't serious, but after skimming the package maintainers guide to see > what the right way is I can see why alien would not be liked. Why on earth > did the people deciding what packages to include allow the alien package to > be released? It seems like instructions and tools for peeing in the pool.
Er, no, the .rpm -> .deb direction is distinctly useful, not to mention required for LSB compliance ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
