On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 08:40:10AM -0600, George Kraft IV wrote: > 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
My question rather is: Why does the LSB specify RPM, and not tar.gz?? > > > > 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] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
