Re: Uploaded util-linux 2.9g-6 (source i386) to master

1999-01-27 Thread Jernej Zajc
Vincent Renardias wrote: Ok, so if we really want a Debian 2.1 that is 100% kernel 2.2.x compatible it needs this package to be included in frozen. I've just uploaded it in Incoming/ 10 minutes ago. Non-developers can also access it at http://www.ldsol.com/~vincent/ (NB: there are _2_

Re: Debian goes big business? [was: Re: Suggestion for RedHat (was: RH vs Debian)]

1999-01-22 Thread Jernej Zajc
I wrote: [...] Only if we let it. We're not animals. We're human. We can control ourselves. Just because it rarely happens doesn't mean it can't happen. It can happen, of course, it's just that it's different. Such a situation most likely deteriorates into soem are more equal than

Re: RPM under Debian?

1999-01-21 Thread Jernej Zajc
Mitch Blevins wrote: Jernej Zajc wrote: Call me a silly fool, but I cannot but wonder would it be possible to make a pkg mgmt program (drpm :-)) that would install RPM packages from their native format and put the installed files' and dependencies info in the deb database? Any

Re: Debian goes big business? [was: Re: Suggestion for RedHat (was: RH vs Debian)]

1999-01-21 Thread Jernej Zajc
Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote: On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Jernej Zajc wrote: Being a Caldera newbie I find Debian idea so interesting that I'll probably switch. Point is, there is absolutely no commercial interests driving the development into one direction or the other. Developers have total

Re: Debian goes big business? [was: Re: Suggestion for RedHat (was: RH vs Debian)]

1999-01-20 Thread Jernej Zajc
Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote: I hope no one gets angry at me for reviving this thread, but I'm just now reading it and I think this could be an important issue. Christian Lavoie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: My point is that this company would one day tries ot improve it's revenues and

Re: RPM under Debian?

1999-01-20 Thread Jernej Zajc
Mitch Blevins wrote: In foo.debian-user, you wrote: Hello, this is Linux newbie and just-heard-about-Debian asking: is there support for RPM package management under Debian? The website doesn't meantion it, not even for the upcoming 2.1 release. Did I miss something? Debian

RPM under Debian?

1999-01-19 Thread Jernej Zajc
Hello, this is Linux newbie and just-heard-about-Debian asking: is there support for RPM package management under Debian? The website doesn't meantion it, not even for the upcoming 2.1 release. Did I miss something? Thanx, Jernej

Debian/Caldera/RedHat

1999-01-19 Thread Jernej Zajc
Hello, how does Debian compare to the Caldera and RedHat distributions? Any comment from ppl that use/used COL and RH are most welcome: pros, cons, irritations, wishes. Thanx, Jernej