on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:20:00AM -0800, Krzys Majewski (majewski@cs.ubc.ca) wrote: > Anyone taught a redhat box to use .deb packages instead of .rpm's? > I'm helping administer 100+ redhat boxes, and investigating the > possibility of using dpkg/apt-get, rather than rpm, for propagating > local customizations. Since the redhat file structure would probably > need to be preserved, I'm thinking of a mechanism which would upgrade > existing off-the-shelf redhat packages by converting them to .debs > first. The other possibility would be to use rpm for off-the-shelf > packages, and dpkg/apt-get for custom ones. Anyone know if the two > package mechanisms can coexist? The Debian filesystem is a base component of the Debian distribution. You're going to fail this dependency if you don't adopt it. What about the RH filesystem needs to be preserved? IMO it's easier to run a Debian box and install RPMs on it via alien than vice versa. Alien is your OTS RPM converter, BTW. Debian also offers 'stow' as a mechanism for managing locally installed packages, though I haven't used it. Overall, Debian package management trumps RH. Again, IMO. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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