Hendrik Visage wrote: > > > > Handling Packages > > > > > > YES/NO, the applicant's Linux distribution can read and install RPM > > > v3 formatted packages. > > Why are RPMs so emphasized? > What about systems (Like Gentoo & Rock Linux and Sorcerer GNU Linux) that > do their own package tracking from source files, which doesn't suppor RPMs > perse ?? >
RPM v3 formatted packages is what is specified by the LSB. RPM based distributions can install them with rpm(1), and DEB based distributions can install them with alien(1). http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/refspecs/LSB_1.1.0/gLSB/swinstall.html#PKGFORMAT > Sorry if this is a "newbie" question, but I haven't seen this answered > in the web pages yet... > > Greetz > Hendrik -- George Kraft IV [EMAIL PROTECTED]
