Re: [LAU] Audio Distribution Proposal...

Ray Rashif wrote:
> With any kind of development tool, you have to know how it works and to
> what extent it can help you. If Alien, for instance, does not prove to
> be sufficient, you have to fill in the gaps with other tools or even
> "manual labour".
>
> Personally, alien, rpmextract, deb2targz, have all been useful. There's
> nothing on it that warrants recommendation because there's no other
> similar utility (at least not that I know of) - you use it if you need it.

I've used Alien a couple of times to convert packages from the archaic
RPM format into the sleek and modern DEB format without any problems,
but I stick with Debian so have only chosen to do it 3 times in six
years of Linux use.

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David
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