On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Prasanna Venkadesh <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got an idea , if a system is developed that supports both RPM and Deb > packages then the list of available packages will be more by merging from > both repositories. > > If developing a system is difficult one can this be achieved by developing a > installer that supports both? > If nothing can be done on this case, i request to please tell me. > I wanted to know whether it is feasible or not.
Let's first think over what deb's and rpm's are: They are a way of managing the software the software that goes into your system. Each distribution has their own nuances of packaging. Though there have been efforts to standardize it but it hasn't achieved much success as there are lot of philosophical, historical, man power, commercial, etc differences in various distributions. Consistency is not guaranteed among the rpm's of two different different distributions, and so for deb's as well. And then why just stick to rpm and deb? Why not other package maangers like pacman and emerge? In the end these are just ways of managing what goes in and out of your system. It does not matter whether the system is rpm, deb, manual as long as the administrator is proficient at managing it. -- With Regards, Mehul Ved _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
