Re: RPM vs. Debian package format

2000-01-30 Thread Kent West
dkphoto wrote: > > >You can find out how robust (and picky) debs are by packaging > >something. A couple weeks and a couple hundred pages of > >developer docs later, you'll appreciate what goes into a deb. > >The alien command will convert between rpms and debs and > >you can compare the results.

Re: RPM vs. Debian package format

2000-01-29 Thread dkphoto
>You can find out how robust (and picky) debs are by packaging >something. A couple weeks and a couple hundred pages of >developer docs later, you'll appreciate what goes into a deb. >The alien command will convert between rpms and debs and >you can compare the results. Would someone mind explain