Re: RPM vs. Debian package format
In article <86u35t$h6a$1@nnrp1.deja.com> you wrote:
> What are the technological advantages that debian packages have over
> RPMs? I DON'T want a religious war (that's for later), I just want to
> know exactly what things debian packages do better than RPM. Thanks,
You can find out how robust (and picky) debs are by packaging
something. A couple weeks and a couple hundred pages of
developer docs later, you'll appreciate what goes into a deb.
The alien command will convert between rpms and debs and
you can compare the results.
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