Re: [FLAME WARNING] Linux Standards Base and Debian

["Timothy H. Keitt" <Timothy.Keitt@StonyBrook.Edu>]

Maybe the format changed at some point.  Anyway, I'm in complete 
agreement with your earlier statement --- its much nicer to have 
packages in an easily accessible format.

Tim

Ethan Benson wrote:

> On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 06:32:14PM -0400, Timothy H. Keitt wrote:
>
> > Its been a while, but if I remember correctly, RPMs are in cpio format.
>
> no there not, they are in a goofed up customized cpio format that cpio
> no longer recognizes.  


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