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Re: new debian packages



On Thu, 22 May 1997, Nir Soffer wrote:

> On Wed, 21 May 1997, Marc A. Volovic wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 20 May 1997, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
> > 
> > > Once you decide which to install (Debian, Red Hat, Slackware), are
> > > you limited to only using packages written for the distribution
> > > you've installed ?? Can't you recompile packages for one distribution
> > > and use them on another ??
> > 
> > Debian can eat RH and Slackware packages. RH can eat (or will soon be
> > able to eat) Debian packages. I am less certain about RH's ability to
> > eat Slack packages but I suspect that it can. Slack can do neither.
> > 
> 
> Slack packages, at least the ones I have, are not much more than tgz 
> files that are untarred and then have their descriptions added as a file 
> in a directory. Not what I'd call sophisticated packages. No 
> dependencies, no package managment utilities, (not any that are worth 
> anything, at least). If there's anything Slackware is still useful for is 
> for people who want to mess with the system and learn instead of actually 
> using it right away :)

Which is exactly what one should do, if he/she really wants to know the
inside of Linux. Afterwards, a quick backup of /usr/local and /home, and
there you go, install Debian/RedHat, restore, and be happy. :)

--Ariel

> 
> N.
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> 
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   | Ariel Biener                                            |
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