On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 01:57:39AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Thu, 21 May 1998 08:45:42 +0000, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: > > >Does the stampede format even SUPPORT dependancies? > > Yes it does, minimally. I'm not familiar with DEB but what I liked about > SLP was that it was just a TGZ with the package information appended to the > end. So instead of being a supplimant to TGZ it could flat out replace it > since those who want the tarballs can have them in the SLP.
.deb files contain .tar.gz files, of course; use 'ar x <filename.deb>' to extract into control.tar.gz, data.tar.gz and one other; data.tar.gz contains the files. hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]