the 'which distro' question

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Leon Goldstein wrote:
>> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Is it a problem for you that they use different package managing
>>> systems?  Can you put rpm-based things on a Debian box?
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 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.

I believe that Libranet is currently dead.

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