On Monday 12 November 2007 01:33:42 pm Steven W. Orr wrote: > On Monday, Nov 12th 2007 at 12:31 -0000, quoth Jarod Wilson: > > =>On Monday 12 November 2007 11:57:22 am Coleman Kane wrote: > =>> Steven W. Orr wrote: > =>> > On Monday, Nov 12th 2007 at 11:14 -0000, quoth Neil Joseph Schelly: > =>> > =>> > =>Why is RPM or DEB a determining factor? > =>[...] > =>> > > > This is not a question of liking what you're familiar with. All > of us =>> > know the difference between learning from man pages and having > a proper =>> > source for learning idiomatic usage. > =>> > =>> Sounds like you're in a good position to put together that document ;). > => > =>A cheat sheet that translated all common rpm-ese into deb-ian would be > kinda =>cool (and vice versa). > => > =>Example (dpkg command examples may be on crack): > => > =>TASK | RPM | DEB > =>---------------------------------------------------- > =>install pkg | rpm -ivh pkg.rpm | dpkg -i pkg.deb > =>get pkg info | rpm -qi pkg | dpkg --status pkg > > Such a limited rosetta stone already exists. The problem though is not > limited to maning existing .deb files. You also want to be able to create > new debs. :-(
Guess I shoulda googled first, but I meant that it should also include that sorta stuff. :) -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
