[SATLUG] Re: Yum considered harmful for compiling your own software?

[Henry Pugsley]

On 11/5/07, Robert Pearson <e2eiod at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've switched from openSUSE 10.2 to Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy.
> My question is "How comfortable are you using alien?".
> The basis for this question is my experience with mixing RPM repositories.
> A nightmare...
> Now we are talking mixing mixed RPM repositories with "deb" repositories?

Oh heck no .. I don't think I have ever installed an alien'ed RPM on a
Debian system.  I was referring to using alien to convert an RPM into
a format that you can unpack without using RPM, like a TGZ file.

-Henry