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alien now delivers as RPM!!
check it out on my FTP site under
ftp://ftp2.linux.org.il/pub/linux/contrib/RPMS
bit:root >rpm -qi alien
Name : alien Distribution: (none)
Version : 4.00 Vendor: (none)
Release : 1 Build Date: Fri Apr 04 05:20:43 1997
Install date: Wed Apr 16 02:36:13 1997 Build Host: kite.ml.org
Group : Utilities/File Source RPM: alien-4.00-1.src.rpm
Size : 24748
Summary : Install Debian and Slackware Packages with dpkg.
Description :
Alien allows you to convert Debian and Slackware Packages into Red Hat
packages, which can be installed with rpm.
It can also convert Red Hat and Slackware packages into Debian packages.
This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.
Usage: alien [options ...] file
file Packge file to convert.
-d, --to-deb Generate a debian package. (default)
Enables the following option:
--patch=<patch> Specify patch file to use instead of automatically
looking for patch in /var/lib/alien.
-r, --to-rpm Generate a rpm package.
-i, --install Install generated package.
-g, --generate Unpack, but do not generate a new package.
-s, --single Like --generate, but do not create .orig directory.
-h, --help Display this help message.
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