RE: rpm to deb
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Pollywog wrote:
>
> On 24-Mar-99 Doug Dine wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I got tired of downloading so I went to my RedHat CD and converted Netscape
> > to a Debian package with Alien. The conversion was a success. Question is
> > that when your convert a package is there a way to find the dependencies
> > with DPKG or Dselect? Do RedHat packages have this info in them or is all
> > this info in the packages.gz file of Debian?
> >
> > Also, how come Netscape is distributed with RedHat and now Debian?
> >
> > Thanks.
> I thought RedHat had an agreement with Netscape that allows RedHat to
> distribute the software.
Umh, in slink the entire binary already IS a .deb .... no need to dl the
binary and then use the installer anymore.
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