Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
> But when I try to run alien I get the following error and the rpm file is not
>created :
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> suselinux:/home/rajesh/tmp # alien -r mahogany_0.60_i386.deb
> -- Examining mahogany_0.60_i386.deb
> tar: control: Not found in archive
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> -- Unpacking mahogany_0.60_i386.deb
> -- Automatic spec file generation
> -- Building the package --2.i386.rpm
> --2.spec: unknown option
> alien: Error putting together the RPM package.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
Whoever packaged the deb did it incorrectly. You can use lintian (if you
are on a Debian machine) to report errors and warnings on a Debian package.
Just an FYI for people because you should have already downloaded the rpm
that Suresh pointed to.
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