Re: What to do with source rpm files?
As far as I know, Alien doesn't know what to do with .srpm files. It
only deals with binary packages in .rpm format.
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Pedro
On Fri, 2001-09-07 at 09:40, Sebastiaan wrote:
> High,
>
> On 7 Sep 2001, Pedro Sanchez wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need to test a piece of software under Debian/testing that it's being
> > distributed in .srpm format only. Is there any way under debian to
> > "unpack" this thing so that I can attempt to compile it?
> >
> You could try to use 'alien'. It should convert it to a Debian source
> package. Alternatively, you can install the package 'rpm' and unpack the
> rpm thing.
>
> Greetz,
> Sebastiaan
>
>
>
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