>>>>> "Albert" == Albert den Haan <e4k3l9lb@umail.corel.com> writes: Albert> So, I'm writing a peer to dpkg-deb, dpkg-lsb, and using Albert> librpm for the archive disection bits. Current RPM Albert> archive formats use cpio, and dpkg wants a tarfile on Albert> stdout. What I think you want is pax but I don't know if it's packahed in Debian -- Stephen "And what do we burn apart from witches?"... "More witches!"