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Re: Why ?

From: Matthew Miller <mattdm mattdm org>
To: rpm-list redhat com
Subject: Re: Why ?
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 12:50:10 -0400

On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 09:22:38AM -0400, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Not many (interesting) distinguishing features between .deb and .rpm 
> format at all.

I find RPM's handling of multiple sources and patches to be far more elegant
than the Debian packaging scheme's. It makes it easy to take an upstream
RPM package and make changes while essentially maintaining the original
packaging in pristine form -- not just the further-upstream source code.

-- 
Matthew Miller           mattdm@mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>

References:
- repackaged packages from noarch becomes i386.
  - From: James Olin Oden <joden@malachi.lee.k12.nc.us>
- Re: repackaged packages from noarch becomes i386.
  - From: Jeff Johnson <n3npq@nc.rr.com>
- Why ?
  - From: David Ginger <me@ukGinger.net>
- Re: Why ?
  - From: Jeff Johnson <n3npq@nc.rr.com>

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