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

[Robert Pearson]

On Nov 5, 2007 2:43 PM, Henry Pugsley <henry.pugsley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> --

Thanks, Henry.
Very helpful info.


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