In <[🔎] 366c6f340909011922j6ee2f14craa88c89453211f32@mail.gmail.com>, Peng Yu wrote: >I am only interested in the source packages but not the compiled >packages. My understanding is that the source codes of any give >package (the same version) in redhat and debian should be the same. Am >I correct? No. Both Debian and RedHat are willing to add patches to upstream source code to better integrate the software with their distribution. For example, 'git commit' defaults to "vi" in the upstream source, but to "sensible-editor" in the Debian source. >I also heard that debian has more packages than redhat. Is it correct? I think so, but packages don't always correspond 1-to-1. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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