Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, George Bonser wrote:
> > you imagine you get all those spiffy packages in Debian from? It's from
> > hundreds of people EDITING EVERYTHING so that you can just type dpkg -i
> > package.deb and enjoy the way it works...
> >
> > marek
>
> No, Marek, you reread my original. Joe Blow gets some package designed for
> Red Hat. How is he going to install that on his Debian system. He learns
> he can convert it to a tarball ... whats that? Ok, so he does it. It
> still won't install. Hmmm, looks like I have to call a $200/hr Unix
> consultant to see IF I can get this stuff installed on my system.
>
> The point being, do NOT assume that the person trying to load the orignial
> Red Hat package even knows what a Makefile is.
If he manages to understand how to convert an rpm to a tarball, he will surely
understand how to use alien to make a .deb package, and will be smart enough
to understand the process.
marek
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