On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Paolo wrote:
> I also like the option to use and check PGP sigs for a particular
> package in the rpm system.
> I dunno much about dpkg and just the info in various posts about the
> ease of use of apt-get. I make use of the other three installations:
> rpms, tarballs and cvs, depending on whether a utility is stable, has
> many modifications or I need the bleeding edge version, respectively.
One of the problems that the Debian developers had to work around during
the early design of the packaging system was conformance with the US
policy against exporting encryption software. Hence PGP itself is not in
the main branch of Debian but in the non-US branch. I think that this will
change soon, and many Debian maintainers are working toward integration of
GPG signing/authentication of .deb packages. But this is at a higher level
of design. apt/dselect are planned on having support for GPG signed
packages.
For a comparison of the various packaging systems (and non-packaged
tar.gz), check this URL out (http://www.kitenet.net/~joey/pkg-comp).
Disclaimer: Joey Hess, who wrote the comparison, is a Debian maintainer.
However, a lot of the advantages of debs stem from Debian policy, not the
package format itself. You can check the Debian website for more
information on Debian policy. (http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy)
Disclaimer: I am not a Debian maintainer, but an avid Debian supporter. :)
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