On 02/11/10 13:43, jr wrote: > On 2 November 2010 12:40, John Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: >> packages (DEB is NOT the defacto standard as someone posted). > where did you read that?? > > "Debian packages are standard Unix ar archives that include two > gzipped, bzipped or lzmaed tar archives: one that holds the control > information and another that contains the data." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_(file_format) > > agree, not at all like a (source) tarball.
Is it fair to say that DEB is a standard, not THE standard? Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
