A lest sensitive issue can be to work from debian source package, then prepare from this source package specific binary package for Debian and RPM. This could fix the problem of the link at runtime. I don't know how to do that in the details. Hilaire On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 01:58:27 -0600 "Darryl Palmer" <Darryl_Palmer_Jr@acm.org> wrote: > I just tried making a .deb package from a .rpm one, and it appears to be > a problem going that way also. > > Darryl > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org] On Behalf > Of Hilaire Fernandes > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:56 AM > To: seul-edu@seul.org > Subject: Re: [seul-edu] ISO Phase 3 > > > Doug, > > From my -- little -- experience with alien, I know there are problem > with the shared libraries when you convert an .deb package to a .rpm > one. If the .deb package of a binary application is prepared on a Debian > system with a library X with a number Y and you want to install it under > a RedHat distro using library X with number Y' the binary may not be > able to link at run time with the library X, number Y'. > > I don"t know if there are any solutions to this issue. > > With applicaiton written with interpreted language the problem may be > less sensitive. > > Hilaire > > -- OFSET - http://www.ofset.org Free the teacher with the Freeduc-cd - http://www.ofset.org/projects/edusoft/edusoft.html
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