On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.<b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > In <366c6f340909011922j6ee2f14craa88c89453211...@mail.gmail.com>, Peng Yu > wrote: >>I am only interested in the source packages but not the compiled >>packages. My understanding is that the source codes of any give >>package (the same version) in redhat and debian should be the same. Am >>I correct? > > No. Both Debian and RedHat are willing to add patches to upstream source code > to better integrate the software with their distribution. For example, 'git > commit' defaults to "vi" in the upstream source, but to "sensible-editor" in > the Debian source. > >>I also heard that debian has more packages than redhat. Is it correct? > > I think so, but packages don't always correspond 1-to-1.
Then, there should be not a big problem if I use Debian source on RedHat, right? Regards, Peng -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
