the 'which distro' question

[Tony Alfrey]

Leon Goldstein wrote:
> Tony Alfrey wrote:
> 
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>> Is it a problem for you that they use different package managing 
>> systems?  Can you put rpm-based things on a Debian box?
>> Thanks!
>>
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> Libranet installs RPM's after a trivial setup: mkdir /var/lib/rpm, then 
> rpm --initdb.
> It's probably the same for generic Debian once the RPM suport packages 
> are installed.
> 
> Some apps, e.g. Applix 5.0 and StarOffice 8, expect to install in an RPM 
> environment.
> There are some workarounds, e.g. alien, but I have no major problems 
> installing these with the normal installation scripts once RPM support 
> is set up.
> 

That's very interesting news.  It does, however, look like Libranet is 
not being built currently.  I see a variety of stuff on Google that 
doesn't look too promising re: Libranet.
This package issue looks like an important consideration.

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Tony Alfrey
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