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Re: FAQ - revised ... again :)

To: independence-l@independence.seul.org
Subject: Re: FAQ - revised ... again :)
From: JF Martinez <jfm2@club-internet.fr>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 23:25:14 +0200
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> 
> I'll let you know how well Slack 7 handles RPMs.  (ala rpm.tgz...)
> 
> And an RPM is just a tarball if you change the extension anyway.  Try it
> sometime.  <g>
> 

An RPM is not a tarball but a compresed CPIO with an additional header
where RPM puts its info.

-- 
			Jean Francois Martinez

Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org

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