On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:39:24PM +0200, Dominik Kubla wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 04:26:31PM -0500, Richard June wrote:
> > > deb-packages contain only binaries. Unlike SRPM Debian uses plain
> > > _unpatched_ tar(1)-files. Just log into any official Debian mirror, then
> > > change to /debian/dists/unstable/main/source/net/. There you will find:
> > Not to start a holy war, but SRPMs should(according to Maximum RPM) have
> > plain _unpatched_ tar(1)-files too, as well as the patches applied before
> > building. the reason being so that diffs are easily spotted.
> But i need to know how to unpack a SRPM archive to get at the unpatched
> tar-file (as matter of fact i know). Distributing the tar-file as a tar-file
> makes things a lot easier. Don't you agree?
Two ways...
Install the SRPM and look in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES, if on a RedHat
system or look in /usr/src/turbo/SOURCES if on TurboLinux (your milage may
vary on the other distros).
There is a the format conversion utility "alien":
http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/
] Alien is a program that converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp,
] and slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package from
] another distribution than the one you have installed on your system,
] you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package format and
] install it.
Give that a shot.
> Dominik Kubla
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