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Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?



On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Marek Habersack wrote:

> > 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

Not if he is learning as he goes along.


George Bonser

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