On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 03:20:53PM +0200, Helgi ?rn Helgason wrote: > Please explain why RPM shouldn't be used when it's there? > The Linux (rpm)package is not dist-specific AFAIK and RPM is installed > in Woody so why not? > I've never before seen or used RPM in Debian so I thought it was > interesting to give it a try, of course I used *rpm -i --test <package>* > just to se the outcome without actually installing. Rpm is installed in Woody only if you select it. It's available in section admin, priority optional. In the package desciption you will find a strong suggestion to use alien instead: "Using rpm directly will bypass the Debian packaging system!" Enough said. Bob
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