[3267] in RedHat Linux List
Re: debian and rpm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wierdl Mate)
Thu Nov 7 19:53:24 1996
To: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 07 Nov 1996 11:05:10 PST."
<m0vLZlI-001FqpC@fleming.jimpick.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 18:51:49 -0600
From: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
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> Steve Fisk wrote:
>
> > The concept of package is a great idea. At the moment there appear to
> > be two competing versions - debian and redhat. Has any progress been
> > made in merging these two approaches, so that there is a generic
> > Linux packaging system?
>
> I don't think the two approaches are really mergeable, because if they
> were, then there would really only be one Linux distribution.
Well, apparently Debian has an rpm.deb! Why not have a deb.rpm,
indeed?
Mate
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