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Re: new debian packages



On Tue, 20 May 1997, Shlomo Solomon wrote:

> >Just for once to show all those RH freeks that Debian is far from
> >being static :-), here is the list of NEW (i.e. not including updated)
> >packages in the last two weeks or so.
> >

> 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 ??

sure you can, there is a package by the Debian team called Alien, which
also appears in RPM. it lets you install either format on either system by
translating it on the fly, or plainly transform it and leave it packed.


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