Re: [LIH] modifying rpm packages was [ Id-utils ]

[sreangsu acharyya]

On Thu, 24 May 2001, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

> Cue Nick Hill on ilughyd about why slackware packages (binary tarballs)
> are far better than rpms (and more specifically, than debs).  Zero dependencies ...

<start potential flame fest material>

tarballs definetely gives one more flexibility, but having a database +
dependency checks has its advantages too. So all in all i find srpms to
give the best of both worlds.  

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:) sreangsu


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