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10 Jan
2007
10 Jan
'07
1:11 p.m.
For the other linux users, I've been thinking: would it be possible to make rpm packages from the debian packages in an automated fashion, somehow?
From alien(1), which is available on most Debian-based systems:
alien --to-rpm package.deb Convert the package.deb into a package.rpm I've not tried that direction myself, only the other way (just learnt about the --to-rpm switch now). The post-installation scripts might be problematic, because their conversion requires more intelligence than is available in most programs? -Sanjoy `Not all those who wander are lost.' (J.R.R. Tolkien)