On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 20:05 -0300, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Aniruddha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.08.12.1958 -0300]: > > I don't know how the debs are packaged, for all I know they can > > wreck my system. Or are are there safety features in place that > > prevents that from happening? > > dpkg will prevent them from overwriting files by other packages. If I understand your correctly I can install deb from any 3rd party provider without fear of b0rking my system. If this is true I don't understand why you warn against checkinstall.
(Sorry to bother you with these details but I am still trying to understand) > > > I unpacked the deb and didn't find any /DEBIAN/* files. I guess It's > > time to start reading the Debian developers manual ;) > > You want dpkg-deb -e, not -x. > Thanks! -- Regards, Aniruddha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
