> Is there a quick and dirty way, say a script or utiltiy, to convert > an rpm .spec file into the ../debian (sub)directory needed by > build-package and friends? >
Don't know how relevant it is but I would start by looking at alien: [02:09:32 /tmp]$ grep-available -PX alien Package: alien Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 155 Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Version: 6.54 Depends: debhelper (>= 0.88), perl5 | perl (>= 5.004), rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio Suggests: patch, bzip2 Filename: dists/potato/main/binary-all/admin/alien_6.54.deb Size: 74026 MD5sum: b8256b3b7b93f97f900d6bda47159a49 Description: Install Red Hat, Stampede, and Slackware Packages with dpkg. Alien allows you to convert Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg. . It can also convert into Slackware, Red Hat, and Stampede packages. . This is a tool only suitable for binary packages. [02:09:50 /tmp]$ > I see far more redhat sources floating around than their debianiazed > equivalents. > With the large number of debs I wonder which package are you interesting in that has not been debianized? > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>