On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 09:18:00AM -0400, Robert Wolfe (Debian) wrote:
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> Viden, I _believe_ that you can still use RPM with Debian as well,
> as long as you use alien to convert the packages between RPM and
> DEB. Also, if you want to build your own packages on a Debian based
> machine, then you can use the checkinstall utility to built both
> RPMs and DEBs without any issues. It's what I use all the time and
> have no problems with it. Not only does it build the binaries and
> make the package files, but it also installs the package for you as
> well.I remember reading somewhere (can't find it) that checkinstall didn't handle dependencies well. Any truth to this? -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
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