Re: Time to fight for our beloved DEB format!
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:16:48PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> # apt-get install rpm
> # rpm -i --nodeps foo.rpm
Uh, wouldn't that be horribly dangerous, as it would bypass dpkg
altogether? Alien would probably be a safer choice...
> Debian is working with a group from RH and elsewhere on a interchangeable
> packaging system, but it is a ways off.
Hm. Sounds interesting. I think I have read of it somewhere. You
wouldn't have an URL available, would you? :-)
BR,
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