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Re: use *.rpm and *.tar.gz packages on Hamm



On Mon, Jul 13, 1998 at 11:00:08PM +0800, Alex Kwan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the alien needs the "rpm" and
> the "rpm" needs the libc5,
> (I checked these on www.debian.org/Packages)
> Hamm is using the libc6,
> Will the libc5 and libc6 happy to-gather?
> 

yes it works fine...
hamm has kept libc5 and works fine with libc5 binaries. just be
sure to install the latest libc5 from hamm (its in oldlibs)

hell...I have noticed talk on debian-devel....it looks like hamm might
even end up with libc4 support (not: im not involved with this...just
noticed allot of talk about it and people experimenting with it)

BTW I find it is best with RPMs to convert them to tarballs and then 
extract the tarball intot  adirectory and instal it by hand locally
I don't like the idea of just translating an RPM into a deb...too many 
potential problems 

-Steve
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