On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 10:09:15PM +0000, David D Gray wrote:
Bernhard Reiter wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 06:45:02PM +0000, David D Gray wrote:
> > Following on the recent announcement of development of RPM and RPMS
> > packages for GRASS, I believe it is high time that GRASS binaries are
> > available in .deb format for the convenience of those using Debian and
> > derivative distros. (Including possibly eventually a hook into embedded
> > GRASS).
>
> The FreeGIS projects rpms are crafted that they can be imported into
> Debian Systems using the tools called "alien".
I'm familiar with `alien'. It is not always good at converting arbitrary
packages, but if the packages are built with compatibility in mind, they
should cross over OK. You can build debs with alien as well as import,
so perhaps there is no immediate need to develop separate deb packages.
I agree.
We test .rpm on Debian potato based system. So we know that they work.
Bernhard
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