Re: RPM on Debian

1999-04-20 Thread Christian Lavoie
> Urban Gabor wrote: > > someone has mentioned in these lists that installing alien packages from > > .rpm can be dangerous. I'd like to know more about it, so please write > > some pro's and con's. PRO: - You get access to non-Debian-packaged stuff. CON: - The package isn't configured for a

Re: RPM on Debian

1999-04-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > Urban Gabor wrote: > > someone has mentioned in these lists that installing alien packages from > > .rpm can be dangerous. I'd like to know more about it, so please write > > some pro's and con's. > > Installing alien packages from rpm can be dangerous if t

Re: RPM on Debian

1999-04-19 Thread Joey Hess
Urban Gabor wrote: > someone has mentioned in these lists that installing alien packages from > .rpm can be dangerous. I'd like to know more about it, so please write > some pro's and con's. Installing alien packages from rpm can be dangerous if the converted rpm contains files that are critical t