SEUL: [Fwd: RPM usage in other distros...]

[Kevin Forge <forgeltd@usa.net>]

S.A. Boggis wrote:
> 
> ...
> > I look at it and I scratch my head and look at it again.  It just keeps
> > coming back to the same illogical conclusion.  It would be easier to
> > simply
> > add RPM support to Debian than to make all the RPM distros use DPKG.
> > The Distros fall into 3 camps.  SlackWare with no packaging sheam ( they
> > use standard *.tgz files ).  Debian with DPKG and everybody else with
> > RPM.
> > RPM is a program.  Basic RPM functionality can be added to Slackware
> > with
> > minimal effort ( I did it when I was still a newbi ).  Adding all the
> > nifty
> > RPM features and making Debian and Slackware remain as they are but
> > support
> > "rpm -U foo.rpm" as well as RedHat dose is far simpler than any other
> > solution I have herd.  It even beats storing the files in multiple
> > formats.
> ...
> 
> I *think* RPM support is already around for other distribs - I know that if you
> look in slackware 3.4's current 'contrib' directory you'll find a
> package to let you directly use Redhat RPM packages, in the way you
> mention above I believe. It seems likely (maybe? <: ) something similar exists
> for Debian too ...
> 
> Simon
>
This is not surprising.  Slackware has 2 priorities, the Usefulness of
it's
Software and the Simplicity of an FTP -> install to a current Windows
user.
This is why most Linux newness either start with a RedHat CD or a
SlcakWare
FTP ( I did the Later ).
Debian has other priorities but RPM is probably somewhere in the Debian
repository.  "foo.elf.i386.rpm", is easier to work with than any other
Foo ( except maybe dpkg which has limited circulation ) so we should
concentrate on that specific format.  but truncate all filenames
logically
to arrive at an 8.3 name scheme and a set of directories that organize
files according to purpose.  SuSE has the best model right now but I
won't
do more than look and learn from them since I grow suspicious of any 
Linux that isn't mirrored ( Caldera is the Other )
-- 
"Through the firewall, out the router, down the T1, across the
backbone, bounced from satellite, Nothing but net."